Subject: Re: popper question
To: John Ostrowick <jon@macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za>
From: Kei Fujitaka <fjtk@vinet.or.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/25/1996 19:32:37
> 
> hi folks. has anyone here got popper working (for eudora clients?)
> 
> this is the session i recorded for anyone who might know what's going
> wrong:
> 
> macaroni:/users/jon/> telnet macaroni 110
> Trying 146.141.26.180...
> Connected to macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> +OK QPOP (version 2.2) at macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za starting.
> user jon
> +OK Password required for jon.
> pass ********
> -ERR System error, can't open temporary file, do you own it?
> +OK Pop server at macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za signing off.
> Connection closed by foreign host.
> macaroni:/users/jon/>
> 

the file ".jon.pop" in your mail spool may has wrong access privileges.

Kei Fujitaka
fjtk@vinet.or.jp