🚀 go-pugleaf

On Monday, in article
     <20120806.1008.930252snz@twoplaces.co.uk>
     simon@twoplaces.co.uk "Simon Turner" wrote:

> [Something went awry with your followup; I've fixed it]
>
> On Monday, in article
>      <20120806.0930.2snz@cj4386.demon.co.uk>
>      colin@cj4386.demon.co.uk "colin may" wrote:
>
> > On Monday, in article
> >      <20120806.0903.930245snz@twoplaces.co.uk>
> >      simon@twoplaces.co.uk "Simon Turner" wrote:
> >
> > > On Sunday, in article
> > >      <20120805.1127.11snz@cj4386.demon.co.uk>
> > >      colin@cj4386.demon.co.uk "colin may" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Carrying out some tests with pop3 and mail.demon.co.uk.
> > > >
> > > > Another problem has turned up In the last few hours. I telnet to
> > > > mail.demon.co.uk 110 it lets me in, but the command list does not work.
> > > > Get the message "err command not valid in this state". I went back to
> > > > Gremnos 03d nhat was working two days ago. Same problem, has anything
> > > > changed?
> > >
> > > Nothing seems to have changed.  Are you remembering to send the
> > >
> > >   user administrator@yourhost.dcu
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > >   pass yourpassword
> > >
> > > commands first, to ensure the server knows what mailbox you want to
> > > list?  If I telnet in and just send "list", I get "-ERR Command is not
> > > valid in this state"; but if I send the "user" and "pass" commands first
> > > to authenticate myself, it works fine.
> >
> > I've just seen your post, after resending the original
> >
> > As far as I know, I typed in everything correctly several times. I'll try
> > again just to make sure.
>
> If it still doesn't work, please try to post an exact transcript of what
> you sent to the server and how it responded (obscure any addresses or
> passwords you don't want made public, of course!)
>
> Getting the response "Command is not valid in this state" to a "list"
> command definitely suggests that the server doesn't know what mailbox
> you want a listing of, i.e. that you have failed to log in correctly.
>

I wrote this:

As far as I know, I typed in everything correctly. I'll try again just to make
sure.

I've just tried again, result the same.

I type in:

telnet mail.demon.co.uk 110 user default mailbox pass **
When connected I get
-OK tHE microsoft Exchange POP3 Server is ready.
type in the command "list" and get back:
-ERR Command is not valid in this state.
Press enter and get
-ERR Protocol error. 19
Press enter and get
-ERR Protocol error. 20
Telnet session 1 closed: EOF
Hit enter to continue                     

I can still collect mail using the "pop3 collect" command. I assume this means
that the default mailbox is still the same. I have not changed anything at the
management portal. I'll take a look later to make sure nothing has changed.