[LI] Re: popcheck error

[Rajesh Fowkar <rfowkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Manoj,

If I don't pass the password as parameters to popcheck in my script
than it prompts me for the password and once I enter the password
( which is visible on the screen ) it works fine.

My script mailcheck is as follows :

popcheck -s goa1.dot.net.in -u "rfowkar"  -o mail_list 

Nice program to just download the headers and delete unwanted mail.
I will check out with your suggestions.

Thanks a lot.

Rajesh

On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> Hello Rajesh,
> 
> I really don't have an explanation for this. I mean, there could be any
> number of reasons; this is not a common problem I could not reproduce
> the problem. Anyway, try changing you password. The POP3 server could be
> broken, and it may be refusing some characters for password, that the
> underlying OS supports, and which you use.
> 
> Is there a program called script installed on your system? It is very
> useful to get what you type on the screen to a file. Like in this case,
> you can start script, and inside script, have a telnet session. 
> 
> BTW, I assume you know to talk directly with a POP3 server. If not,
> learn it. It is fun, easy and very useful. I implemented a POP3 server
> as part of our college mini-project. The RFC's are FMs (FM as in RTFM
> ;-)  That's how I learnt it.
> 
> 
> Here is a sample POP3 session...
> 
> $ telnet mvm.mvmsoft 110
> +OK QPOP (version 2.3) at mvm.mvmsoft starting. <737.948906885@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> USER mvm
> +OK Password required for mvm.
> PASS somepass
> +OK mvm has 0 messages (0 octets).
> QUIT
> +OK Pop server at mvm.mvmsoft signing off.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> 
> Try a similar session with goa1.dot.net.in to port 110. Try giving USER
> and PASS. After each command the POP3 server either responds positively
> with a +OK or negatively with a -ERR. If you can log in this way, then
> the problem lies with popcheck.
> 
> 
> 
> The program called script can capture all these keystrokes into a file
> (name typescript by default). But be aware that all keystrokes including
> backspace is captured. Exit script using Ctrl-D or exit.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 01:09:21AM +0530, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
> > Hi Manoj,
> > 
> > I compiled popcheck and copied the binary to /usr/local/bin
> > and created a script mailcheck which contains the following :
> > 
> > popcheck -s goa1.dot.net.in -u "rfowkar" -p "<password>" -o
> > mail_list   
> > 
> > note : Since password contains special characters I have enclosed it
> > into quotes.
> > 
> > Running mailcheck gives me the following errorr :
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [rajesh@rajesh] ~$ mailcheck
> > Sending logon information
> > Bad PASS command responce: -ERR Password supplied for "rfowkar" is incorrect.
> > 
> > Bad QUIT command responce: -ERR Password supplied for "rfowkar" is incorrect.
> > 
> > Disconnected from POP Host
> > [rajesh@rajesh] ~$  
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > What is wrong here ?
> > 

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