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[h-e-w] request mail-sources sample for pop3 using att.net over LAN
From: |
Michael R. Wolf |
Subject: |
[h-e-w] request mail-sources sample for pop3 using att.net over LAN |
Date: |
14 Aug 2002 22:42:00 -0700 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 |
I got my partners Outlook Express account to work on a DSL line by
following some FAQ steps. I'd like to have gnus have a similar
access. I'm using gnus v5.9.0. Here's a segment from my ~/.gnus
file. It's worked just fine for about a year for a dial-up.
(setq mail-sources
'(
(pop :user "MBalenger"
:password "xxxx"
:server "postoffice.worldnet.att.net")
(pop :user "MichaelRunningWolf"
:password "xxxx"
:server "postoffice.worldnet.att.net")
)
)
If you use gnus with AT&T over a LAN, could you send me a snippet of
your file so that I can copy the relevant parts?
I found out that WorldNet requires some extra steps to allow me to
access behind their firewall and to request them to send my email over
the net. These steps are in addition to what I had to do for a
dial-up connection. Here's a distillation of what I did.
I changed some addresses,
incoming mail (POP3) -> ipostoffice.worldnet.att.net
outgoing mail (SMTP) -> imailhost.worldnet.att.net
added some id/password information,
email ID -> address@hidden
password -> I_m_not_telling
enabled authentication,
requested a SSL connection,
and specified non-standard ports for
SMTP -> 465
POP3 -> 995
Egad!!! All that just to get LAN access to email. I'm a geek, and
I'm lost.. I'm sure I'm not the first. The documentation for
mail-sources didn't seem to have enough options. Ideas?
Thanks,
Michael
--
Michael R. Wolf
All mammals learn by playing!
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