pop3 and checkpassword

[kiwitp]

This is what happens when I telnet port 110.
#telnet mail.server 110
trying xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
connected to mail server
Escape character is '^]'
+ok <573.950693006@INIT VERSION=sysvinit-2.74
user mike
+ok
pass gomike
-ERR authorization failed
Connection closed by foreign host

I can't for the life of me figure out what the problem is! I have red all
the checkpassword doc's and qmail faq's I can fined but see nothing on this
problem.
Jerry