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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 password-developers@afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com =myPassord


Then I execute from system:

informix@linux:~> nail -f myisp
Could not resolve host: afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com

My user in pop3 server is developers@afinformatica.com. The pop3 server is mail.afinformatica.com


It seems that the problem is the “@” of my user's name. Nail thinks that this “@” is the separator character between user and host. How do I can do it?

Thanks ....

You simply use an invalid email address notation:
E-mail address - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here is an article how to configure it:
http://www.linux.com/archive/feed/51767

Thanks zaxxon. I knew this article and I tried it. The article says:

"set folder=imaps://shell-monkey@imap.web.de

The folder option tells Nail where to get the mail from. The string starts with the protocol used to fetch your mail. Possible values beside imaps are imap, pop3, and pop3s. The rest of the folder string consists of your login name and server address."

My case:
Username is developers@afinformatica.com;
server is mail.afinformatica.com

then I have configured the following:

set folder=pop3://developers@afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com

but, obviously, this's wrong. I also tried:

set folder=pop3://developers@mail.afinformatica.com

then, nail tried to read but pop3 returns

informix@linux:~> nail -f myisp
POP3 error: -ERR Login failed.
Password:

My pop3 server doesn't know username "developers". I think that I need to configurate my domain in somewhere but ¿where?


Thanks again

---------- Post updated at 04:46 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:33 PM ----------

In this page http://linux.die.net/man/1/nail says

“If user contains special characters, in particular '/' or '%', they must be escaped in URL notation, as '%2F' or '%25'.”

Then I have tried:

set folder=pop3://developers%40afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com

where %40 is @ in url notation

but this doesn't work


Any idea?




---------- Post updated 13-05-10 at 10:27 AM ---------- Previous update was 12-05-10 at 04:46 PM ----------

Hi

I got that pop3 works.

Problem was the nail version. I have tried with another version and it works:

the solution:

developers\@afinformatica.com@mail.afinformatica.com


Thanks for all