From: "Geo." 

If one of the mail services crashed, it could leave the box and index out
of sync (index says there is email in the empty box) and I've seen all
sorts of weird problems like that. Also if there was an email but it
doesn't begin with "Received:" some clients will just up and die
while others will still pull it in. I find eudora 1.54 very good at getting
emails that other clients choke on because it doesn't separate out the
headers so munged headers don't bother it.

Geo.

"David Blair"  wrote in message
news:40089458{at}w3.nls.net...
> There was nothing in the box when I was checking. One would check and find
> nothing, the other choked. Since then, I downloaded 2 emails sent to
myself
> and I've not had the problem again on the empty mailbox
> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:40088a67$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > when you did that did it just get the one new email or was there more?
If
> > there were others then it sounds like the typical stuck mailbox. One
> client
> > doesn't work, another has no problem, typically caused by something
> > nonstandard in the email.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "David Blair"  wrote in message
> > news:40080a96{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Thanks all!
> > >
> > > I have no idea what happened, but I sent a test email to myself. I saw
> it
> > > show up in the mailbox, and the used my OTHER machine, using Outlook
> 2003,
> > > to try first. It grabbed the email just fine.
> > >
> > > Now, my Outlook Express isn't hanging up on connecting, either. Figure
> > THAT
> > > one out.
> > >
> > > I use an dynamic DNS service to supply the DNS info to find my site. I
> > > haven't had anything "discover" it, and have never
had any unexpected
> > email
> > > hit the server. That, of course, doesn't mean spammers WON'T hit me,
but
> > so
> > > far every time I've tried to email from it, the email is bounced
because
> > it
> > > is using a dynamic DNS service. I don't know that spammers would find
> much
> > > use in it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
> > > news:4007def8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > Can you run through your setup? What software runs where, etc.
> > > >
> > > > But at the moment it looks most likely to be a data
problem. So what
> > Geo.
> > > > suggested.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > "David Blair" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:4006cd5a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > Win2k3 Server, BTW...
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a small POP3 server running there for a single email
address,
> > for
> > > > > testing purposes and other minor uses. It has been
working fine
> until
> > > the
> > > > > last day or so, and now I can't get any email from
it. My email
from
> a
> > > > > different machine hits the server, but it doesn't
get anywhere:
> > > > >
> > > > > Your server has unexpectedly terminated the
connection. Possible
> > causes
> > > > for
> > > > > this include server problems, network problems, or
a long period
of
> > > > > inactivity. Account: 'xxxx.xxxxxxxxx.net', Server:
> > 'xxxx.xxxxxxxxx.net',
> > > > > Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number:
0x800CCC0F
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone have a suggestion? I've restarted the
service, rebooted the
> > > server,
> > > > > and checked the addressing, and all is normal.
Nothing shows up in
> the
> > > > Event
> > > > > Log, either.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm open to ideas.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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