POP3 Weirdness

[Andy]

Hi,

My father is having trouble connecting to his mail using OE.

His email uses POP3 and whenever he tries to connect OE just puts up the
userid/password window. On my machine, using the same settings, I can
log in and download his email no problem.

So, I tried to telnet into the server from his pc. I connected and
entered his user info (USER ****) and got the "Ok, password required"
response, I then entered his password (PASS ****). The server returned
that the userid or password was invalid. However, from my machine I can
telnet in just fine and list any waiting emails (LIST).

Does anyone have an idea on what may be causing this as it's really
confusing me!


Andy.

[Keith]

Caps lock on maybe
"Andy" > wrote in message
.com...
> Hi,
>
> My father is having trouble connecting to his mail using OE.
>
> His email uses POP3 and whenever he tries to connect OE just puts up the
> userid/password window. On my machine, using the same settings, I can
> log in and download his email no problem.
>
> So, I tried to telnet into the server from his pc. I connected and
> entered his user info (USER ****) and got the "Ok, password required"
> response, I then entered his password (PASS ****). The server returned
> that the userid or password was invalid. However, from my machine I can
> telnet in just fine and list any waiting emails (LIST).
>
> Does anyone have an idea on what may be causing this as it's really
> confusing me!
>
>
> Andy.

[Andy]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:55:41 -0400, Keith ) muttered the
following...


> Caps lock on maybe

I wish it was that simple. As I say we also tried telnetting into the
server where the password is entered in clear text.... still didn't work
from his machine. :/


Andy.

[Keith]

Try to create a new user account on the PC then sign in on it

"Andy" > wrote in message
.com...
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 20:55:41 -0400, Keith ) muttered the
> following...
>
>
> > Caps lock on maybe
>
> I wish it was that simple. As I say we also tried telnetting into the
> server where the password is entered in clear text.... still didn't work
> from his machine. :/
>
>
> Andy.