Can't authenticate to ipop3d

[Keith Morse]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:

> > WAG here.  Take a look at /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 and/or /etc/hosts.allow.
> 
> Thanks. The xinetd.d/ipop3 file is clean and exactly the same as the one 
> that worked in RH8. The hosts.allow is empty meaning, I assume, allow 
> everyone.
> 
> And I can telnet into port 110 and enter USER and PASS so it's not a 
> basic network connectivity issue. It just says "Bad authentication" to 
> every combo of user/pass I enter.
> 
> Still looking for ideas ...


Well WAG's are like that.  Say again which ipop3 daemon you are using?