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From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to set up claws mail
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 15:14:41
Message-Id: osd3ru$n0u$1@blaine.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to set up claws mail by Peter Humphrey
1 On 2017-10-20, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Friday, 20 October 2017 15:29:28 BST Grant Edwards wrote:
3 >> On 2017-10-20, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >> > I don't think that can be it, because there's no sign of authentication
5 >> > failure in the log. This is the whole log of an attempt to fetch mail:
6 >> >
7 >> > [09:55:57] * message: Account 'Internet Incoming': Connecting to POP3
8 >> > server: mail.zen.co.uk:995...
9 >> > [09:55:57] POP3< +OK smarthost03a, Zen Internet POP3 Server Ready
10 >> > [09:55:57] POP3> USER <me>@zen.co.uk
11 >> > [09:55:57] POP3< +OK Please enter your pass, with the PASS command.
12 >> > [09:55:57] POP3> PASS ********
13 >> > [09:55:57] POP3< +OK Logged in.
14 >> > [09:55:57] POP3> STAT
15 >> > [09:55:58] POP3< +OK 0 0
16 >> > [09:55:58] POP3> QUIT
17 >> > [09:55:58] POP3< +OK Goodbye. See you again sometime :)
18 >>
19 >> In the response to the STAT command, the server says there is no mail.
20 >
21 > Then it's wrong, or else something in my config is wrong.
22 >
23 >> What is it that you expect claws to do when there is no mail?
24 >
25 > The same as KMail does when I run it just afterwards.
26
27 And what is that?
28
29 What does the POP3 connection trace look like for KMail?
30
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