Telneting ISP1's pop from ISP2 ?

Hello,

After ISP1 changed smtp to need TxAuthorisation,
I was able to telnet and setup my prefered front-end
accordingly. So I've confirmed that I could telnet.

Now I've got access to ISP2 via a wireless-modem,
and I want to check my ISP1's pop.
Here's what I get:=======
# telnet pop.absamail.co.za 110
Trying 196.41.6.141...
Connected to smtp.vox.co.za (196.41.6.141).
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Hello there.
USER (E-Mail Removed)
+OK Password required.
PASS <my psswrd> <- echo replaced
-ERR Login failed.
PASS <my psswrd>
Connection closed by foreign host.
===============
Is this because I'm not talking to pop.absamail.co.za
from INSIDE absamail.co.za?

OTOH, I seemed to get through to smtp.absamil.co.za
via ISP2-telnet, including the ISP1-TxAuthorisation.
But I'll still have to check if the mail which I tried to
send has arrived.

==TIA.

"NoHtmlMailsPlease" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:j71jq0$bl3$(E-Mail Removed)...

> USER (E-Mail Removed)
> +OK Password required.
> PASS <my psswrd> <- echo replaced
> -ERR Login failed.

I'd check to make sure the user name and password are correct. Not all
POP3 services allow the full email address to be used instead of the user
name.

> Is this because I'm not talking to pop.absamail.co.za
> from INSIDE absamail.co.za?

Who knows, although if your provider wanted to restrict access by network,
doing so on the TCP level would make more sense than rejecting passwords
in POP3.

Follow-ups set to comp.mail.misc as this is probably not a Linux-specific
issue.

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Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/