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Unable to retrieve Lycos email in Rebol

 [1/8] from: philb::upnaway::com at: 3-Feb-2002 9:52


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

 [2/8] from: bzr:francenet at: 3-Feb-2002 7:43


Hi, If you have special characters in password (like spaces or commas) the login procedure may have problems...

 [3/8] 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: ----------------- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

 [4/8] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 3-Feb-2002 14:53


Phil, I just had this same problem with eudoramail. Try using your complete email address for your login id, instead of just philiphbevan. Louis At 09:52 AM 2/3/2002 +0800, you wrote:

 [5/8] from: philb:upnaway at: 4-Feb-2002 8:45


Hi Charles, Lycos advertise their email as being available from a POP client. I believe I am using the correct user name and server though, but I will double check it. Putting in an invalid user does give me the same invalid password error though. Cant seem to access the server through Outlook Express so looks like I cant access the server for some reason (I can ping it though, so I think I have the right server name). Cheers Phil === Original Message === 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: ----------------- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [rebol-request--rebol--com] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

 [6/8] from: chalz:earthlink at: 4-Feb-2002 0:25


Phil; Well, that was about the extent of my knowledge on the matter :/ It might be something like pop.lycos.com, or mail.lycos.com, or maybe lycosmail.com .. I don't know. Am doing a touch of research right now, just a quick skim.. Okay, I just snagged this from the lycos.co.uk email section: POP3 Access Please use the following settings for POP3 access: Server for incoming messages (POP3): pop.lycos.co.uk Server for outgoing messages (SMTP): smtp.lycos.co.uk Login: your Lycos Email address (e.g [joebloggs--lycos--co--uk]) Password: your Lycos Email password I'm not sure who mentioned it (was it Dr. Turk? Did I even get the name right?) but it looks like you might need to use the whole email address for your login. So, 'read pop://[me--lycos--co--uk]@pop.lycos.co.uk isn't really an option. Shoot, I don't know the way to set this up, but there is a way to do this through a block. Someone else have better knowledge of this? --Charles
> Hi Charles, > > Lycos advertise their email as being available from a POP client. > > I believe I am using the correct user name and server though, but I will
double check it. Putting in an invalid user does give me the same invalid password error though.
> Cant seem to access the server through Outlook Express so looks like I
cant access the server for some reason (I can ping it though, so I think I have the right server name).
> Cheers Phil > > === Original Message > > 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.

 [7/8] from: holger:rebol at: 4-Feb-2002 7:09


On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:25:28AM -0500, Charles wrote:
> Phil; > Well, that was about the extent of my knowledge on the matter :/ It
<<quoted lines omitted: 13>>
> option. Shoot, I don't know the way to set this up, but there is a way to > do this through a block. Someone else have better knowledge of this?
Try something like read [ scheme: 'pop host: "pop.lycos.co.uk" user: "[joebloggs--lycos--co--uk]" pass: "mypassword" ] -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]

 [8/8] from: philb:upnaway at: 4-Feb-2002 23:39


Hi Holger, Yep that worked .... Cheers Phil === Original Message === On Mon, Feb 04, 2002 at 12:25:28AM -0500, Charles wrote:
> Phil; > Well, that was about the extent of my knowledge on the matter :/ It
<<quoted lines omitted: 13>>
> option. Shoot, I don't know the way to set this up, but there is a way to > do this through a block. Someone else have better knowledge of this?
Try something like read [ scheme: 'pop host: "pop.lycos.co.uk" user: "[joebloggs--lycos--co--uk]" pass: "mypassword" ] -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]

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