POP3 Prolem: bogus, you

thb · 31 Aug 2004, 04:04 AM

Since a few days, I can't write e-mails with my POP3 client (The Bat), I always get the following message

"!xx.xx.xxxx, xx:xx:xx: SEND - Message has not been sent. Server reply - bogus, you."

back from the server.

Any ideas ? I didn't change anything in the configuration lately...

Thx.

tore · 31 Aug 2004, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by thb
Since a few days, I can't write e-mails with my POP3 client (The Bat), I always get the following message

"!xx.xx.xxxx, xx:xx:xx: SEND - Message has not been sent. Server reply - bogus, you."

This is not POP3, but SMTP. The reason the message is rejected is that your MUA introduces itself (with the HELO or EHLO SMTP command) as «localhost».

We started blocking this a few months ago when a massive virus attack started. To prevent that attack from bringing the entire system down, we started blocking «localhost» as HELO/EHLO - all the incoming connections had that in common. The attack is still ongoing, albeit not as ferocious as it began, but in any case I'm loath to remove the block. «localhost» isn't a valid host name that should be used externally, as it's the de facto canonical name for «this host».

Can you see if it is possible to change the name used for HELO/EHLO? I'm not familiar with your MUA, so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

Anyway - I must concede I should have chosen a better error message when I implemented that hot-fix. :-)

Tore

Liz · 31 Aug 2004, 07:36 AM

In non-techie-speak: The network name for your PC shouldn't be "localhost".

Liz

LrdVader · 31 Aug 2004, 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tore
Can you see if it is possible to change the name used for HELO/EHLO? I'm not familiar with your MUA, so I'm afraid I can't help you there.

IIRC, The Bat HELOs with your PC's Netbios name (the name you set in either your Network or System control panel, depending on your Windows version). See if that's set to Localhost, and if so, change it to something else.

thb · 1 Sep 2004, 06:23 AM

Thx for the explanations... I've added a server-alias in my TCP/IP hosts file and it seems to work fine now!

Liz · 1 Sep 2004, 08:13 AM

Oh, you do techie-speak too, cool.

Liz

31 Aug 2004, 04:04 AM	#1
thb Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2	POP3 Prolem: bogus, you Since a few days, I can't write e-mails with my POP3 client (The Bat), I always get the following message "!xx.xx.xxxx, xx:xx:xx: SEND - Message has not been sent. Server reply - bogus, you." back from the server. Any ideas ? I didn't change anything in the configuration lately... Thx.

1 Sep 2004, 06:23 AM	#5
thb Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2	Localhost Thx for the explanations... I've added a server-alias in my TCP/IP hosts file and it seems to work fine now!

31 Aug 2004, 07:36 AM	#3
Liz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Los Angeles,CA Posts: 4,652 Representative of: Runbox.com	In non-techie-speak: The network name for your PC shouldn't be "localhost". Liz

1 Sep 2004, 08:13 AM	#6
Liz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Los Angeles,CA Posts: 4,652 Representative of: Runbox.com	Oh, you do techie-speak too, cool. Liz