[11422] in Athena Bugs
sun4 7.6Q: getting mail from a non-kerberized pop server/inc
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dougie)
Wed Nov 24 06:47:29 1993
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 93 06:47:21 EST
From: dougie <dougie@MIT.EDU>
System name: dale
Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.6Q
Display type: cgthree
What were you trying to do?
I was trying to get mail from a non-kerberized pop server
(figment.mit.edu) with inc.
What's wrong:
It doesn't work. See the man page entry below.
I assumed using -rpop wouldn't work, and -norpop would. No such luck.
[dale] ~: inc -host figment -norpop
Name (figment:dougie): dougie
Password (figment:dougie):
inc: no servers available
[dale] ~: telnet figment pop
Trying 18.80.0.186 ...
Connected to figment.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK UCB Pop server (version 1.7) at figment starting.
user dougie
+OK Password required for dougie.
pass foo
-ERR Password supplied for "dougie" is incorrect.
quit
+OK Pop server at figment signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.
What should have happened:
Well, I think that it should have worked. Perhaps there should be a
way to specify what port to connect to since I suspect that inc
is still trying to connect to the kpop port.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
From the man page:
If the local host is configured as a POP client, or if the ` - host
host' switch is given, then inc will query the POP service host as
to the status of mail waiting. The ` - user user' switch may be
given to specify the name of the POP subscriber you wish to check mail
for on the POP service host. The `-rpop' switch uses the UNIX rPOP
(authentication done via trusted connections). In contrast, the ` -
norpop' switch uses the ARPA POP (in which case inc will prompt for a
password).
<dougie>
