there were a few factors I think, I telnet'ed on the offending computer u= sing=20 an account which I knew worked and got a sucessfull result, I reset the=20 particular user's password on the server, then deleted/added the account=20 again with a full username and making sure none of the SSL options were=20 checked and it all seemed to work - it was just a coincidence (because on= one=20 computer - the problem was "fixed" by OL XP) that led me to believe the=20 problem was with OL 2000, just stupid coincidences, sorry.
But, now my office is running using Oulook and xmail - with the users sto= ring=20 their data on their personal computers as opposed to Microsoft Exchange. = I'm=20 not sure how many people here have had to deal with Exchange in their lif= e -=20 but I found it to be a total pain in the arse - services stopped working = with=20 generic error messages like "General NT Error" - then the database got=20 corrupted... I found several increadibly usefull tools that can be used = to=20 restore emails from an offline Exchange database (corrupt or not) -=20 unfortunatally they cost over 1.5 grand in Australian currency to buy. A= lso=20 - of course we can't upgrade the server because that would mean forking o= ut=20 over 2 grand for NT Server 2000..... So instead of using the expensive a= nd=20 pathetic MS Proxy and Email services - we now use iptables and xmail :D -= =20 it's free and a damn sight more relyable (with real error messages when=20 somthing goes wrong which is a refreshing change). And the best part - t= he=20 users of the system are completally clueless ;) . So again, thanks. Cheers, Will. On Wednesday 05 March 2003 11:45, you wrote: > Don't keep us in suspense. After such a long thread, I wan't to know w= hat > needed to be changed. > > Rob :-) <grin> > > __________________________________________________________ > Censorship can't eliminate evil; it can only kill freedom. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of William Denniss > > Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2003 12:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [xmail] Re: POP3 Authentication error for Outlook 2000 > > > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 10:40, you wrote: > > > Are you sure it's an outlook issue and not just a general networkin= g > > > is=3D > > > > sue? > > > > > Can those machines telnet to the mail server over port 110 using th= e > > > sa=3D > > > > me > > > > > hostname as specified in the pop3 server settings of outlook? > > > > > > use these commands: > > > TELNET hostname.com 110 > > > USER username > > > PASS password > > > STAT > > > QUIT > > > > > > that should log you in to the pop server, then show you the numger = of > > > messages and total byte count for that user. > > > > > > -Seth > > > > It appears you were right using telnet to test, I managed to fix it u= p - > > =3D we=3D20 > > are all working fine now. > > > > Thanks Seth, Andrew and Davide for your help. > > > > Keep up the fine work on this program! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Will. > > - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
