vm-pop3d issue

[Swift-AU]

Here's the problem.

If I connect to the pop server locally via telnet, everything works aok, as can be verified by the follow maillog snippet:

Jun 7 15:20:18 blue vm-pop3d[839]: Connect from 127.0.0.1
Jun 7 15:20:24 blue vm-pop3d[839]: User 'guy' of 'somedomain.com.au' logged in
Jun 7 15:20:26 blue vm-pop3d[839]: Session ended for user: guy

When I connect remotely and issue the exact same commands, I get a bad login response (or sometimes I don't even get that far), and the following (or similar) shows in the maillog:

Jun 7 15:20:02 blue vm-pop3d[838]: Connect from 203.206.xxx.xxx
Jun 7 15:20:11 blue vm-pop3d[838]: Couldn't open password file: /etc/virtual/rerarrrtrhrlrirnrkrerlrercrtrrrircrsr.rcrom.mamum/passwd
Jun 7 15:20:12 blue vm-pop3d[838]: Session ended for no user

As you can see from the log, what gets send in the POP3 "user" command get's totally garbled when connect remotely. However, when checking the "admin" account remotely, I can usually get in (although sometimes it gives me the same grief). All other services work aok.

I'm running FreeBSD 4.9, vm-pop3d 1.1.6 (the latest from the current services_freebsd48.tar.gz. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[wdv]

If I recall correctly this scrambling happens when someone logs in at webmail.

 

[DirectAdmin Sales]

Hello,

What email client are you using?... perhaps try a different email client.

John

 

[Swift-AU]

Thanks for the reply.

It's actually really weird. If I connect myself from a remote system using Outlook Express, it has absolutely no problem whatsoever. However issuing the POP commands over a remote telnet connection leads me to the errors listed in my first post. I have no problems telnetting to any other POP servers I've tried, so maybe it's just some strange quirk with vm-pop3d.

Can anyone else confirm whether or not they can log in to their vm-pop3d pop server remotely, particularly systems running FreeBSD?

Cheers...
Swift