Subject: Pine and ppp connections

From: [email-masked] (Ernie Dunbar)
Date: 12 Apr 1996 19:40:12 GMT

I realize this question could have been asked 1 billion and 1 times 
before, but I can't see any FAQ here, (possibly due to a 
crappy news server) so I ask anyway.

I'm having a hell of a time trying to get Pine (v3.91) to check my mail on my 
ISP's server, from my own FreeBSD box. I connect with PPP, and then make 
some apparently futile attempts at configuring pine to read my mailbox at 
my ISP's address. When I try to put my inbox address in the inbox-path 
field, (in the help, it says the server needs to be an IMAP server, and I 
don't think ours is) it tells me "Can't connect to netbistro.com,143. 
Connection refused," when I try to open the new inbox.

This is really beginning to annoy me, because I KNOW Pine is supposed to 
be able to do this.

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From: [email-masked] (Greg Sullivan)
Date: 14 Apr 1996 16:29:10 GMT

>Connection refused," when I try to open the new inbox.

     This is the same problem that I had with my ISP's server.  The server 
isn't setup to permit IMAP access through port 143.

>This is really beginning to annoy me, because I KNOW Pine is supposed to 

     Pine will do it.  Just most ISP's don't permit it. :(

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From: Ed Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 23:09:39 +0800 (GMT)

> isn't setup to permit IMAP access through port 143.

	Many an ISP can't spell IMAP.

>      Pine will do it.  Just most ISP's don't permit it. :(

	In their case ISP stands for "Inferior Service Provider"  :-)

	Ed

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