[Evolution] POP Log on problems

[Jean Neron]

Right you are!

I tried it again, and it worked.

I must have had some other problem with the new setup, but when I saw
the wrong username in the password dialog box, I thought it was
evolution.

Thanks!

Jean

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 12:23, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:

> On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 12:09 -0600, Jean Neron wrote:
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Our ISP changed the way we connect to our POP accounts to get mail. 
> > 
> > Previously I put the host name in the host name field, and my
> > username in the username field. Evo would connect to the host, and
> > then log in as username at host.
> > 
> > The problem is that now the host name I connect to and the username
> > I use have different host names. I have to connect to host
> > 'mail.cansyswest.com' and login as 'jneron at cansyswest.com'. I can't
> > get Evo to do this. If I put 'jneron at cansyswest.com' as the
> > username, then Evo connects to 'mail.cansyswest.com' (as it should),
> > but then tries to log on as
> > 'jneron at cansyswest.com@mail.cansyswest.com'. It's appending the host
> > name to my username, even tho' my username already has the right
> > host name.
> 
> 
> no no no... Evolution uses the username that you give it and the
> hostname that you give it verbatim. It does not change either one when
> logging into the POP server.
> 
> Ie. if you have the following settings:
> 
> User: fejj
> Hostname: pop.host.com
> 
> the login sequence will look like this:
> 
> <connect to host 'pop.host.com'>
> USER fejj
> PASS <password>
> 
> if your settings are instead like this:
> 
> User: fejj at vhost.com
> Hostname: pop.host.com
> 
> then the login sequence will look like this:
> 
> <connect to host 'pop.host.com'>
> USER fejj at vhost.com
> PASS <password>
> 
> the password prompt dialog *always* takes the shows the string:
> $USER@$HOSTNAME even if $USER has an @ in it also.
> 
> 
> > Is there a way I can solve this, or am I screwed?
> 
> 
> there's nothing to solve. it will already work if you input the
> correct values.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> -- 
> Jeffrey Stedfast
> Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
> fejj at ximian.com  - www.ximian.com

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