EmailDiscussions.com - View Single Post - mail.com quietly makes pop3 for-pay?

kaptitsky · 15 Dec 2015, 01:23 AM

Ignore this-- I was wrong.

I noticed that Gmail was still popping fine, so I took a look. My POP3 checker was setup with POP.GMX.COM not POP.MAIL.COM, and gmx was failing. Mail.com is fine.

You can still use your old GMX customer number to login.

My Mail.com accounts are coming back "Authentication Failed" when I poll them with POP3.

It looks like they have closed the loophole and POP3 access is now limited to premium clients only.

Something to check if you are background polling an account somewhere, like Gmail.

15 Dec 2015, 01:23 AM	#11
kaptitsky The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,186	Ignore this-- I was wrong. I noticed that Gmail was still popping fine, so I took a look. My POP3 checker was setup with POP.GMX.COM not POP.MAIL.COM, and gmx was failing. Mail.com is fine. You can still use your old GMX customer number to login. My Mail.com accounts are coming back "Authentication Failed" when I poll them with POP3. It looks like they have closed the loophole and POP3 access is now limited to premium clients only. Something to check if you are background polling an account somewhere, like Gmail. Last edited by kaptitsky : 15 Dec 2015 at 03:13 AM.