Re: [Evolution] Errors receiving mail via POP

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

> I've only seen one type of error, which appears in a red bar at the top
> of the evolution window, typically when evolution asks for the POP
> server's password:
>         Error while Fetching mail from 'jonrysh pacbell net'.
>         Cannot get POP summary:
> > What do you get if you run Evo from the command line?
> >
> > Can you spot any relevant errors if you run it with debugging turned on?
>
> The file evolution.log generated by the command is attached:
>         CAMEL_DEBUG=pop3 evolution 2>&1 | tee evolution.log
> Nothing jumps out at me, but I'm not familiar with this kind of log.

OK.  The relevant error is:

        POP3_STREAM_WRITE (15):
        PASS xxxxxxxx
        POP3_STREAM_LINE (22): '+OK password required.'
        Got + response
        POP3_STREAM_LINE (47): '-ERR [SYS/TEMP] internal server error (#IS6532)'
        POP3_STREAM_WRITE (26):
        USER jonrysh pacbell net
        
Evolution is reporting an error because the Yahoo servers are giving an
error.  This isn't an Evolution problem as such - except in that when an
error occurs, Evolution assumes it's an authentication problem and
immediately prompts for a password.  (The difference with something like
Thunderbird is that it retries with the same password and it usually
works the second time - hence it looks like everything is OK with
another MUI.)

There are lots of people complaining about this error on Yahoo driven
systems (such as AT&T, Pacbell, BT etc.) without much evidence of a
solution (try Googling for "yahoo mail is6532").  The only place I've
seen that claims a solution is:

http://www.emailquestions.com/isp-free-email-support-forums/9255-fix-err-sys-temp-internal-server-error-is6532.html

which implies that you need to use SSL for POP (i.e. POPS on port 995).
So check your settings to make sure that's what you are using.

P.