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Re: Protocol for getting mail from post.demon.co.uk

#576
From: Paul Colclough
Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 00:00
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Snail (snail@objmedia.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Here's the login transcript (I haven't added or removed any 
: characters):-

: Connecting to pop3.demon.co.uk...
: Sent: USER objmedia
: Received: +OK demon POP3 server ready
: Sent: PASS <mypassword>

: ...and thats it, I never get a reply. My password is correct. I'm

I got the very same thing happening when I was trying to retrieve mail
using telnet from a local university, however telnetting to a public unix
site and then telnetting to sdps worked fine, so I can only think it has
something to do with the local telnet client converting characters (such
as cr/lf)
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Message-ID: <5ibt0b$13u@squiznet.demon.co.uk>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <yFmIRDAFRCRzEw7I@objmedia.demon.co.uk> <Mc92MDA9ABSzEw1Q@objmedia.demon.co.uk>

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From: paulc@squiznet.demon.co.uk (Paul Colclough)
Subject: Re: Protocol for getting mail from post.demon.co.uk
Date: 1997/04/07
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References: <yFmIRDAFRCRzEw7I@objmedia.demon.co.uk> <Mc92MDA9ABSzEw1Q@objmedia.demon.co.uk>
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