From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:57:30 +0000 (+0200) Subject: ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Clarify the issue with insecure POP connections. X-Git-Tag: emacs-26.0.90~560 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=938e7826ff849c14cb092dec8e2c1198413c7462;p=emacs.git ; * etc/PROBLEMS: Clarify the issue with insecure POP connections. --- diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index eddae12a70f..15d2b74cc40 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -323,13 +323,17 @@ or set the variable 'cannot-suspend' to a non-nil value. *** movemail compiled with POP support can't connect to the POP server. -This problem can occur if you do not configure --with-mailutils. -Make sure that the 'pop' entry in /etc/services, or in the services -NIS map if your machine uses NIS, has the same port number as the -entry on the POP server. A common error is for the POP server to be -listening on port 110, the assigned port for the POP3 protocol, while -the client is trying to connect on port 109, the assigned port for the -old POP protocol. +This problem can occur if you do not configure --with-mailutils, +and don't have GNU Mailutils installed. Then Emacs uses its own +version of movemail, which doesn't support secure POP connections. +To solve this, install GNU Mailutils. + +Also, make sure that the 'pop' entry in /etc/services, or in the +services NIS map if your machine uses NIS, has the same port number as +the entry on the POP server. A common error is for the POP server to +be listening on port 110, the assigned port for the POP3 protocol, +while the client is trying to connect on port 109, the assigned port +for the old POP protocol. *** RMAIL gets error getting new mail.