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hi,

somebody help me,

I'm connecting to a pop3 linux server via ethernet, the ip of the mail
client (pc) is in the hosts file, and i've configured the mail client to
point towards the mail servers ip, i can compose the mail message, but
after about 10 seconds of clicking send, this message appears on the pop3
server. the mail client warns me that the message was not sent.

--snip--

Pegasus Mail has timed out out while waiting for a response from the remote
host.

Socket timeouts like this can be caused by network congestion, slow
responses from the remote host or by network problems which cause loss of
data.

You should adjust the timeout field in your Network Configuration dialog to
a longer value. If the problem persists after doing this, you may have a
configuration problem or a problem with your network.

--snip--

here's what appears on the linux pop3 server,

----snip----

Subject: Returned mail: root... Recipient names must be specified

The original message was received at Thu, 31 Oct 1996 01:57:46 GMT
from client [192.94.66.247]

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
501 root... Recipient names must be specified
554 /root/dead.letter... cannot open: Permission denied

hi,

somebody help me,

I'm connecting to a pop3 linux server via ethernet, the ip of the mail
client (pc) is in the hosts file, and i've configured the mail client to
point towards the mail servers ip, i can compose the mail message, but
after about 10 seconds of clicking send, this message appears on the pop3
server. the mail client warns me that the message was not sent.

--snip--

Pegasus Mail has timed out out while waiting for a response from the remote
host.

Socket timeouts like this can be caused by network congestion, slow
responses from the remote host or by network problems which cause loss of
data.

You should adjust the timeout field in your Network Configuration dialog to
a longer value. If the problem persists after doing this, you may have a
configuration problem or a problem with your network.

--snip--

here's what appears on the linux pop3 server,

----snip----

Subject: Returned mail: root... Recipient names must be specified

The original message was received at Thu, 31 Oct 1996 01:57:46 GMT
from client [192.94.66.247]

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
501 root... Recipient names must be specified
554 /root/dead.letter... cannot open: Permission denied

(2) can you telnet into the server from the client?

(3) its possible that the pop3 server is lisetensing to a different
port number than wha t the client is attempting to use.  
From the client, try "telnet <server IP> <pop3 port number>"

I think POP3 will respond by identifying itself and asking
asking for a login or something like that.  The pop3 specs
tell you how to communicate with the server by hand.

Quote:>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 501 root... Recipient names must be specified
> 554 /root/dead.letter... cannot open: Permission denied

--linas

P.S. Not all pop3 mail clients and server talk the same language.
Unfortunately, the current pop3 spec makes almost everything optional,
and many client use all sorts of proprietary extensions.  Try a
different client, and see if that fixes the problem.  (or a differnet
server).