[access-uk] POP3 connection error
- From: Douglas Harrison <harrison1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:37:36 -0000
I wonder whether anyone can offer suggestions as to what is happening
when I attempt to download e-mail.
Occasionally I get the "POP3 Network or Protocol error" message together
with a dialogue (which closes in 30 secs) containing the words
"15 Peer connect failure. The host has refused the connection."
I have discovered that on such occasions if I temporarily close my firewall
(Webroot Desktop firewall) and repeat the process, the mail comes in
normally, and will usually continue to do so even when I re-load the firewall.
The necessary permissions are obviously in place otherwise I would never
be able to get mail with the firewall running. I normally use Pegasus Mail
as my client, but the problem also occurs with Eudora or Outlook Express.
Once a POP3 connection has failed, switching from my usual Google
POP3 server to those of UKonline or Yahoo, on which I have accounts, also
fails.
Frankly I am baffled. I think that the clue might lie in the words "Peer
connect failure" - but unfortunately I am out of my depth there.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. I could change to a different
firewall, but having another 9 months subscription to run on the Webroot I
am reluctant to do so unnecessarily. I only switched to Webroot earlier this
year - the free Sygate, as far as I remember, never interfered in this way.
Douglas
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