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From: Raymond Lewis Rebbeck <dystopianray@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing mailserver with ssh
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:32:52
Message-Id: 200606180340.01410.dystopianray@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Accessing mailserver with ssh by Mick
1 On Sunday, 18 June 2006 3:11, Mick wrote:
2 > I do not have telnet installed on my PC, so in troubleshooting a
3 > connection to a mailserver I thought of using ssh. However, I do not
4 > seem to be able to get a response from the server regarding user login
5 > and password:
6 >
7 > ==================================================
8 > $ ssh -vv pop.virgin.net -p 110
9 > OpenSSH_4.3p2, OpenSSL 0.9.7i 14 Oct 2005
10 > debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
11 > debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
12 > debug1: Connecting to pop.virgin.net [80.5.182.193] port 110.
13 > debug1: Connection established.
14 > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/identity type -1
15 > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
16 > debug1: identity file /home/michael/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
17 > debug1: ssh_exchange_identification: +OK POP3 PROXY server ready
18 > (7.2.073) <8276X22D2588DO16257AD8EXXXXXXXXXXXXX@×××××××××××.net>
19 >
20 > ==================================================
21 > Then it sits there and does not respond to me typing "user", "pass",
22 > or anything else. I've tried adding my username before the host
23 > address, but it made no difference. pop.virgin.net will not respond
24 > to any pop commands (list, stat, etc). Am I doing this right, or is
25 > it that an ssh client cannot be used instead of telnet to connect to a
26 > mailserver?
27 > --
28 > Regards,
29 > Mick
30
31 You cannot use an ssh client in this manner.
32
33 If you want a telnet client, emerge either netkit-telnetd or telnet-bsd.
34
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36 Raymond Lewis Rebbeck
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Re: [gentoo-user] Accessing mailserver with ssh Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>