On Monday 18 February 2002 06:26 pm, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> Scott Raun <sraun at fireopal.org> writes:
> > OK, I got a telnet session into port 110, and it claims to be talking.
> >
> > Is there something that I have to do for a user account to be able to
> > access POP3?
>
> Insufficient data.  The POP3 server you run has to be compatible with
> the way that user's email is stored, and has to know how to validate
> that user's access.  Are they a a regular user (have a user id and a
> line in /etc/passwd), or something else?  Is their mail delivered into
> an mbox, maildir, or something else, where is it located, and what is
> it named?  What POP3 server is it you're trying to get going?

This was a time-warp message from Oct (do NOT respond to talk about the 
time-warp - if you don't know what I'm talking about, check the list 
archives).  I believe it made sense in the context of the thread at the 
time...

Scott, if you're still on the list and haven't resolved this yet you'll 
have to let us know details again.

Dan