08-12-2005
POP3: Command stream end of file while reading line
I've ssen lots of inquiries about this topic but seldom any useful answers. Here's an oddball answer that may save someone the time I wasted chasing it down.
I had a user who was consistently but intermittently unable to successfully get his Outlook mail client to download mail from the server (just in the other room) using POP3 protocol. Manually telnet'ing to the server's port 110 was ALWAYS successful.
It turned out that his ETHERNET cable was (apparently) faulty because replacing it eliminated - COMPLETELY - the problem. We started by running a different cable from his computer to another port which was always sucessful; then we ran that same cable to the original port and THAT was always successful. The only thing eliminated - and subsequently replaced - was the cable.
There were no other symptoms that the network connection was anything other than 100% good.
keith ericson
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
hello dear friends
I configured my dns in solaris 8 X86 pc and my sendmail, but i only can send email.
i don't can receive email......
i saw inetd.conf and don't have the line of pop3.
how can i add the line?and what the command?
Thanks friends (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: themask
8 Replies
2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi all,
I'm building a webmail server (squirrelmail) using Cyrus IMAP... I just can't figure out how to receive pop3 email with imapd and sorting them in user email boxes....
Just right now I think it is not possible with Cyrus IMAP, but what program should I use them to receive pop3 email... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: raymax83
2 Replies
3. Linux
Hi
Can anybody help me for configuring pop3 mail account i linux i m using linux enterprise 3. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: naik_mit
1 Replies
4. Red Hat
hi frnds
Unable to connect to POP server mit.com.
Error sending password: -ERR Bad login
i m getting this problem in Ximain .I m using Redhat Enterprise 3.
mit (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: naik_mit
1 Replies
5. IP Networking
once i used kmail (or sometimes outlook express) for my e-mail client.
i had no problem with that.
now being with unix console, i want to retrieve pop3 mails, using fetchmail.
(where i can browse my mailbox(es) later)
and it seems something i'm missing or do not understand.
assuming my e-mail... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jaguar
2 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Here is my situation: I have an old AIX box(AIX 4.3.3) that runs an application absolutely crucial to the company. I am trying to set up one of my client machines (Windows 2000, Outlook Express) as a POP3 client. I cannot get the download to occur, so I look up the error code that Outlook... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Jody
1 Replies
7. HP-UX
Hi,
My box is freeBSD6 and I've installed courier-imap and I want to authenticate the clients against /etc/passwd file.
Inside the configuration file: /usr/local/etc/courier-imap/pop3d I've not these lines : Why?
AUTHMODULES="authdaemon"
AUTHMODULES_ORIG="authdaemon"
Nevertheless I tried... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: efrenba
5 Replies
8. IP Networking
Opensuse
Postfix
ispconfig
I would like to limit pop3 connections to three areas.
1. local, like 192. something
2. top domain for my Internet connection, like 204. something.
3. top domain for one other, like 270. something.
What would be the easiest/best way to do this?... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: KillerDog
1 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi:
I am trying to read mails using pop3 protocol with the nail client. I have configurated the following files:
.mailrc
set NAIL_EXTRA_RC=~/.nailrc
.nailrc
shortcut myisp pop3://developers@afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com
set... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: chemi
2 Replies
10. Linux
Hi guys.
Is uw-imap maintained? according to their ftp site last version is imap-2007e.
is it good to use uw-imap instead of dovecot or other imap daemons? which one do you suggest? I really have problem with dovecot. it's configuration is complex(at least for me). I don't prefer much... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: majid.merkava
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT CENTOS
doveadm-config
DOVECONF(1) Dovecot DOVECONF(1)
NAME
doveconf - Dovecot's configuration dumping utility
SYNOPSIS
doveconf [-adnNSx] [-c config-file] [-f filter] [-m module]
doveconf [-n] [-c config-file] section_name ...
doveconf [-h] [-c config-file] [-f filter] setting_name ...
DESCRIPTION
doveconf reads and parses Dovecot's configuration files and converts them into a simpler format used by the rest of Dovecot. All standalone
programs, such as dovecot(1) and dovecot-lda(1), will first get their settings by executing doveconf.
For system administrators, doveconf is mainly useful for dumping the configuration in easy human readable output.
OPTIONS
-a Show all settings with their currently configured values.
-c config-file
read configuration from the given config-file. By default /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf will be used.
-d Show the setting's default value instead of the one currently configured.
-f filter
Show the matching configuration for the specified filter condition. The filter option string has to be given as name=value pair.
For multiple filter conditions the -f option can be supplied multiple times.
Possible names for the filter are:
lname The local hostname, e.g. mail.example.com. This will only match hostnames which were configured like:
local_name mail.example.com { # special settings }
local The server's hostname or IP address. This will also match hostnames which were configured like:
local imap.example.net { # special settings }
protocol, service
The protocol, e.g. imap or pop3
remote The client's hostname or IP address.
-h Hide the setting's name, show only the setting's value.
-m module
Show only settings for the given module.
e.g. imap, imap-login, lmtp, pop3 or pop3-login
-n Show only settings with non-default values.
-N Show settings with non-default values and explicitly set default values.
-S Dump settings in simplified machine parsable/readable format.
-x Expand configuration variables (e.g. $mail_plugins => quota) and show file contents (from e.g. ssl_cert = </etc/ssl/certs/dove-
cot.pem).
section_name
Show only the current configuration of one or more specified sections.
setting_name
Show only the setting of one or more setting_name(s) with the currently configured value. You can show a setting inside a section
using '/' as the section separator, e.g. service/imap/executable.
EXAMPLE
When Dovecot was configured to use different settings for some networks/subnets it is possible to show which settings will be applied for a
specific connection.
doveconf -f local=10.0.0.110 -f remote=10.11.1.2 -f service=pop3 -n
doveconf can be also used to convert v1.x configuration files into v2.x format.
doveconf -n -c /oldpath/dovecot.conf > /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf.new
This example shows how to ask doveconf for a global setting and a protocol specific setting. The second command uses also the -h option,
in order to hide the setting's name.
doveconf mail_plugins
mail_plugins = quota
doveconf -h -f protocol=imap mail_plugins
quota imap_quota
This example demonstrates how to dump a whole configuration section.
doveconf dict
dict {
quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
}
Or how to dump only the quota dict:
doveconf dict/quota
dict/quota = pgsql:/etc/dovecot/dovecot-dict-sql.conf.ext
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>. Information about reporting bugs is avail-
able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html
SEE ALSO
doveadm(1), dovecot(1), dovecot-lda(1), dsync(1)
Dovecot v2.2 2012-01-29 DOVECONF(1)