Mailing List Archive: Re: Unable to retrieve Lycos email in Rebol

[REBOL] Re: Unable to retrieve Lycos email in Rebol

From: chalz:earthlink at: 3-Feb-2002 11:52



   Are you 100% sure you have access to the POP server?  Have you tried accessing your Lycos 
   mail with a normal email client?  For instance, just because you have [me--hotmail--com] 
   doesn't mean me:[pwd--pop--hotmail--com] will work (in fact, it won't).  Many webmail systems 
   do not have POP access for their clients.

   And I don't know about POP/Lycos/etc, but with many systems (like *nix), if you try logging 
   in, it will tell you the password is incorrect, even if the *user* doesn't exist - keeps 
   you guessing.  I don't know if it would be reported that the user doesn't exist.  I'd 
   suggest trying some gobbldy-gook username in your attempt next time - if it gives you 
   "incorrect password", then you definitely do not have access to that server's POP system.

--Charles

Original Message:
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From:  [philb--upnaway--com]
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 9:52:39 +0800
To: [rebol-list--rebol--com]
Subject: [REBOL] Unable to retrieve Lycos email in Rebol

Hi,

Has anyone succesfully used Rebol to access their Lycos email?


Running a trace, my password is rejected, yet when I go to their site I can sign and 
get my mail using the password.

>> mailbox: open pop://philiphbevan:[mypassword--pop--lycos--co--uk]
URL Parse: philiphbevan mypassword pop.lycos.co.uk none none none
Net-log: ["Opening" "tcp" "for" "POP"]
Net-log: [
    none "+OK"]
Net-log: "+OK POP Lycos/Caramail (version 1.2a) starting"
Net-log: [
    ["USER" port/user] "+OK"]
Net-log: "+OK password required for philiphbevan."
Net-log: [
    ["PASS" port/pass] "+OK"]

** User Error: Server error: tcp -ERR Password supplied for philiphbevan is incorrect.
** Near: mailbox: open pop://philiphbevan:[mypassword--pop--lycos--co--uk]

Any ideas ??

Cheers Phil

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