constantly blocked on pop3
Posted by Calibaba, 09-14-2007, 05:50 PM I just setup a new pop account in Outlook 2007 and provided all the proper details as I have on other pop accounts I have setup. I am constantly getting blocked by the firewall on the server (CSF + LFD) and I am 100% positive I am using the right password. This happens every time I setup a new pop account and I don't know why. Using cpanel / exim Firewall shows this tcp:in:d=110=xxxxxx # lfd: 3 (pop3d) login failures from xxxxxx - Fri Sep 14 16:42:16 2007 tcp:in:d=995=xxxxxx 2 # lfd: 3 (pop3d) login failures from xxxxxx - Fri Sep 14 16:42:16 2007 Outlook constantly pops up the login dialog box even though I set that up already with "remember password" checked as well. I closed / restarted Outlook, pop, exim and still getting the login box + firewall blocking me again. If that isn't enough, I even put my IP in the allow list (CSF) and restarted it while made sure it was not in the disallow list. STILL getting blocked!
Posted by The3bl, 09-14-2007, 06:18 PM 3 failed attempts seems a little short to me. I would up that to something like 10 for pop.
Posted by ramdak5000, 09-16-2007, 01:32 AM I faced the same problem when setting up accounts for a new client. Finally, I had to create an email account for myself on their domain and test it out. I found something that may or may not work for you because it makes no sense to me, yet works. When you set up the account, uncheck the remember password option in the account set up screen and finish the account creation. And then, when you connect for the first time and the password prompt pops up, enter the password and check the box that says 'Remember password'. I have faced this problem only with Outlook and following the steps above worked. I would also recommend increasing the failed attempts from 3-5 or 10 and reducing the time gap between failed login attempts from 1 hour to a more human 15 minutes. This may already be the default in CSF.
Posted by david510, 09-16-2007, 03:01 AM Did you try resetting the password of the mail id?