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:
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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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[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
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[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"
]
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Holger Kruse
[holger--rebol--com]
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