Try to telnet to the pop3 server on port 110 and make sure it connects. If it connects, you can use the conversation: user USER_NAME pass USER_PASSWORD list quit to make sure it all works. Frank -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .