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- Subject: RE: Problems with POP3
- Message-ID: <930127114219.44a00ab7@code-z.tgv.com>
- From: busma@TGV.COM (Jeffrey D. Busma)
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 11:42:19 PST
- Organization: Info-Multinet<==>Vmsnet.Networks.Tcp-Ip.Multinet Gateway
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- From: markp@yang.earlham.edu (Mark H Pearson)
-
- >1/27/92 Problems with POP3 with Multinet 3.1
- >I am using Nupop 1.03 on my PC which has performed flawlessly until today.
- >It sneezed on 44 messages in newmail. Here's the grimy story :
- >
- >NUPop 1.0.3
- >DOS version = 5.0
- >Win3 enhanced mode = No
- >DesqView active = No
- >TCP driver type = Built-in NUTCP
- >Heap space available = 58352
- >Virtual memory available = 1035233
- >Buffer space available = 67376
- >TCPNew: OK
- > found <yang.earlham.edu> in cache.TCPConnect: OK
- >Leaving TCPConnect
- >Waiting for a line starting with a <+>
- >Error signalled if line starts with a <->
- ><--"+OK YANG.EARLHAM.EDU MultiNet POP3 Server Process 3.1(1) at Wed 27-Jan-93 10
- > :57AM-EST"
- >-->USER markp
- >Waiting for a line starting with a <+>
- >Error signalled if line starts with a <->
- ><--"+OK User name (markp) ok. Password, please."
- >-->*************
- >-->
- >Waiting for a line starting with a <+>
- >Error signalled if line starts with a <->
- > Timed out, network not responding
- > Timed out, network not responding
- >TCPDisconnect: OK.
- >TCPDispose entered: TCPDispose done.
- >Error while reading from network
- >TCPUnInit starts: OK
- >TCPUnInit finished.
- >
- The POP client seems to be timing out waiting for the server to read all the
- mail in the mailbox and calcuate the length of all the messages before it send
- the response back for the PASS command as specified in RFC 1225.
-
- What is ths timeout period for the client and can you change it?
-
- There is a work around for this in 3.1 Rev-D and 3.2 that sends the the +OK status back
- before the mailbox is read.
-
- Note that SYLOGIN.COM and LOGIN.COM are excuted so you may want to
- $ if f$mode() .eqs. "NETWORK" .and. -
- f$trnlnm("TT") .eqs. "MULTINET:POP3_SERVER.COM" then exit
-
- So you're not doing a lot of symbol assignment interactive things which can take time.
-
- I missed the part about POP sneezing on 44 messgaes. If you saying it corrupted the mail
- please open a support call by sendig mail to SERVICE@TGV.COM include the POP3_SERVER.LOG
- file. Your PC log just shows the PC is timing out, which should be configuable on the PC,
- while you wait for 3.2 which currently shipping.
-
- Jeff
-