Subject: Re: Problems getting POP3 to run with UNIX Pine

From: [email-masked] (Scott Buntin)
Date: 6 Nov 1996 05:54:03 GMT

On 5 Nov 1996 16:44:01 -0700, David Start <[email-masked]> wrote:
> Hi Folks:
>
>    I'm attempting to use Pine 3.95 to read mail on a 
> POP3 server.  I've used the recommended syntax:
>
> {commercial-directory.com/pop3}travagt
> 
>or
>
> {commercial-directory.com}travagt
>
> 
> But when I try this from pine I get the following error:
>
> "Connection refused, 143"
>
> Is there some other change I need to make to get this to work?
>

I had the same problem a while back.  I'm not sure if I was using the same syntax,
though.  I assume comm-dir-com has multiple servers? It's possible that
com..dir..com defaults to a particular machine which does not provide pop3 service,
while mail type stuff should go through another machine - try one of the following: 

 {pop3.commercial-directory.com}travagt       or
 {mail.commercial-directory.com}travagt

One of these might just work.

--  
Scott Buntin

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From: [email-masked] (Bryan Ogawa)
Date: 5 Nov 1996 20:22:08 -0700

> POP3 server.  I've used the recommended syntax:

Unless they have added functionality, I believe that Pine uses IMAP4 ONLY
for its remote reading.

If this is the case, then you will need to use a program (probably
popclient) to pull the remote news to the local server to be able to
reasonably use pine with it, or convince the appropriate admins to install
an IMAP server on your remote mail host.

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From: Jason Englander <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 05:33:40 -0600 (CST)

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On 5 Nov 1996, Bryan Ogawa wrote:

> Date: 5 Nov 1996 20:22:08 -0700
> From: Bryan Ogawa <[email-masked]>
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: Problems getting POP3 to run with UNIX Pine
> 

POP3 support has been in there at least since version 3.91 (if not longer) -
I think, and it's definately still in version 3.95 (I use it).

{commercial-directory.com/pop3}INBOX 

...would work for him.  He _could_ use popclient (or fetchmail which has
replaced it), but he doesn't have to.

  Jason

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