I just installed it on a Sun Solaris 2.7 machine (compiled with the same
settings): worked within 5 minutes.
Is there something special about pop3 authentication on Linux machines ?
Richard van Drimmelen wrote:
>
> Trying to install qp 3.1.2 on a Linux 2.2.17 kernel (Debain 2.2).
>
> I have added "--enable-specialauth" to configure, but still I get
> rejected when telnetting to port 110.
>
> telnet localhost 110
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK QPOP (version 3.1.2) at localhost starting.
> user sander
> +OK Password required for sander.
> pass xxxxx
> -ERR [AUTH] Password supplied for "sander" is incorrect.
> +OK Pop server at localhost signing off.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
> In /var/log/mail.log:
>
> Feb 14 14:11:35 www1 popper[1147]: sander at localhost (127.0.0.1): -ERR
> [AUTH] Password supplied for "sander" is incorrect.
> Feb 14 14:11:35 www1 popper[1147]: [AUTH] Failed attempted login to
> sander from host (localhost) 127.0.0.1
>
> If I telnet to port 23 and login using this username/password, all works
> fine.
>
> Can someone help me out ?
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Richard van Drimmelen
> SARA Computing Services
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
