Re: Vsoup Problem - Can't connect to POP Server

Hardy Griech (rgriech@ibm.net)
Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:33:08 +0200

On Sun, 15 Sep 1996 13:49:21 -0500, LabRat@i-link.net (Michael Gray) wrote:
> Seem like a lot of problems are cropping up with Vsoup. Mine arises
:

Seems like more and more people are using VSoup, thus more problems...

> when I try to get my mail. I get the following message in my log:
>
> vsoup: cannot connect to pop3 server austin.i-link.net
:

You are sure, about the pop3-name!? I am a little bit curious,
because normally (it's not more than a convention) POP3 server names
are starting with something like 'pop...'

> Here are the lines from my .cmd file that are supposed to call for
> news and mail (news works OK.) The >> and << indicate a long line.
>
> rem f:\tcpip\SOUPER\vsoup -t4 -M -a -k 6144 nntp://news.i-link.net >>
> << smtp://@austin.i-link.net pop3://LabRat:(PASSWORD)@austin.i-link.net
> f:\tcpip\SOUPER\vsoup -t8 -M -a -k 6144 nntp://news.i-link.net >>
> <<smtp://austin.i-link.net pop3://austin.i-link.net
>
> As can be seen, I've tried calling pop both with and without
> ID/password. Both times pop mail has bombed. Also, it seems I wasn't
> able to open more than 4 threads - is this normal, or is this an
> anomaly? Souper works fine in retrieving mail. Looking at the
:

Ok, what does Souper say to whom it has connected?

> yarnio.cmd file, it looks like vsoup is run without defining the URLs
> as the readme shows, nor could I find any reference to UserID or
> password. Are these URLs supposed to be defined elsewhere, or on the
> command line? Am I reading the readme correctly?
:

Yes, they are defined elsewhere! If you are using a dialer, which
setups the 'Internet Connection for OS/2' settings, VSoup will use
those settings, if you don't define something else ('-i' option
ignores the settings). Anyway, command line options will override the
internet settings...

Default question: Have you already checked the version of your
emx-DLLs (emxrev)?

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Hardy Griech, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 25/1, D-72762 Reutlingen