To check what's going on with the mail server via the POP3 protocol - whether it works at all, what it responds with - we open telnet, connect to it on port 110 and run through the following scenario.
telnet pop3.mymailserver.com 110
Trying 11.22.33.44...
Connected to pop3.mymailserver.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK Dovecot ready.
user webadmin@mymailserver.com # Specify the account to log in with
+OK
pass MySuperPassword # Provide the password
+OK Logged in.
stat # Request statistics (number of messages/size)
+OK 3816 522628794
list 1 # Request information about message N1
+OK 1 81187
retr 1 # Request this message
+OK 8118 octets
....
# Message body
....
.
quit # Say goodbye
+OK Logging out.
If all of the above appears in your terminal - i.e. you see that the scenario works - then POP3 is responding adequately. Otherwise you'll notice the snag yourself.
See also
- [[b6841]]
- [[b11166]]
- [[b11329]]
- [[b730]]
- [[b8929]]
- [[b11558]]
- [[b5196]]
- [[b11273]]
- [[b6020]]
- [[b11601]]
- [[b11276]]
- [[b11625]]
- [[b11545]]
- [[b11659]]
- [[b11165]]
- [[b4749]]
- [[b11845]]
- [[b6409]]
- [[b5963]]
- [[b4379]]
See also
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