Evolution and gmx.de

[John Warner]

Hi,

> Does it work if you try to telnet pop.gmx.net on 110?
> 
> maik at work:~> telnet pop.gmx.net 110
> Trying 213.165.64.22...
> Connected to pop.gmx.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK GMX POP3 StreamProxy ready <29699.1190623488 at mp055>
> USER s-y-l at gmx.net
> +OK May I have your password, please?
> PASS <secret>
> +OK Mailbox locked and ready
> STAT
> +OK 1 3681
> QUIT
> +OK GMX POP3 server signing off
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> 
> If it works, your problems are based on the evo setup (dunno
> anything about evo). If this fails, too, pop.gmx.net should give you
> a corresponding hint. HTH
> 

I tried that - useful tip and as I suspected I got an error message:

-ERR You may not use our POP3 service

Which implies that I have not set up the account correctly, I suspect.

Well I will just have to check those settings.

Thanks for your help.

John