Re: Port 110 and earthlink

On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 23:12:54 GMT, Pancho V via WindowsKB.com wrote:

> hey guys!!!
>
> I recieve a brand new PC with Windows XP SP2 installed and McAfee Virusscan
> (i hate it).... ok so... I configured my earthlink account but my PC is
> unable to stablish POP3 sessions....
> the earthlink configuration is POP3= pop.earthlink.net on port 110 and SMTP=
> smtpauth.earthlink.net on port 587....
>
> I tried everything... creating exceptions, disabling and uninstalling McAfee
> viruscan and shutting down the Windows Firewall.... and i'm still getting the
> message "Unable to conect with incoming mail server (POP)"
>
> and i have made several test to see the state of my pop service... like
> Telnet pop.earthlink.net 110 but i cannot get connected...
>
> any suggestion? is teher a program to unblock completly the 110 port?

First, I did try a Telnet to pop.earthlink.net, and got the following
response:

| +OK NGPopper vEL_6_8 at earthlink.net ready <9211.1123054784@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| QUIT
| +OK

So there has to be something else up. Have you tried Telnet to some other
ISP's port 110? It is not a bad thing for a simple test, and it will help
to determine if the problem is local, or remote. Try to Telnet to
pop.mail.yahoo.com, just to see if you get a response, or a connection
timeout.

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Norman
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