> Marten Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Dear Harvey, >> >> > @26-Feb-2008, 17:41 Harvey [H] in >> > mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> >> > ... <snip> >> H>> (I also changed ISP providers). I am able to send but not receive. I get > the >> H>> following error: >> > ... <snip> >> H>> !2/24/2008, 11:13:52: FETCH - Server reports error. The response is: -ERR >> H>> Unknown user or incorrect password >> >> > This can mean only one thing. Exactly what it says. Either you are >> > specifying the wrong user name for this POP3 account or you are using >> > an incorrect password. And it makes perfect sense that, in such a >> > case, you would be able to send but not receive. >> >> And while you are at it - check that the POP3 server you are connecting to > is typed correctly. That can give the >> same error I have found. >> >> Common errors (aprt from just getting things plain wrong) are a space at > beginning or end of >> server/username/password - or indeed in the middle of course. Commas instead > of fullstops (points). l >> for 1, o for 0, _ for -, q or g for 9, etc. >>
> OK this is strange I dropped the qualifer and everything works like a > charm...However with DreamMail and Outlook I need the fully qualified > name.....Any ideas why? Nope and if at some point it seems to stop working, the first thing you do is add the full name back in. This falls under the principle of "go figure" :)) Sometimes a mail server will be quirky with [EMAIL PROTECTED] and needs name+domain.com (note the plus sign - there are a couple of others that can be used but the "@" can cause trouble) -- Rick Republican tax breaks for large corporations: Remember them the next time you see a CEO with hundreds of million$ in their "golden parachute" All that money came from somewhere. v4.0.14.7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.14.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
