[mpop-users] "invalid reply to command STAT" error w/Yahoo! mail

[Josh Purinton <josh.purinton@...3...>]

When I try to use mpop to download mail from a Yahoo! Mail Plus account, it
gives the error "invalid reply to command STAT". Am I doing something
incorrectly, or does this error indicate a problem with mpop or with Yahoo!?

Here's the output of "mpop --version":

mpop version 1.0.17
TLS/SSL library: OpenSSL
Authentication library: GNU SASL; user and apop: built-in
Supported authentication methods:
user apop plain cram-md5 digest-md5 gssapi external login
IDN support: enabled
NLS: enabled, LOCALEDIR is /opt/local/share/locale
Keyring support: none

Copyright (C) 2009 Martin Lambers and others.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


Here's my .mpoprc:

defaults
tls on

account johnsmith@...27...
  host plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com
  user johnsmith
  password mypassword
  keep on
  tls_starttls off
  tls_certcheck off
  delivery maildir ~/johnsmith@...27...

account default : johnsmith@...27...

And here's the output from mpop -d:

using account default from /Users/myusername/.mpoprc
host                  = plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com
port                  = 995
timeout               = 180 seconds
pipelining            = auto
auth                  = choose
user                  = johnsmith
password              = *
ntlmdomain            = (not set)
tls                   = on
tls_starttls          = off
tls_trust_file        = (not set)
tls_crl_file          = (not set)
tls_key_file          = (not set)
tls_cert_file         = (not set)
tls_certcheck         = off
tls_force_sslv3       = off
tls_min_dh_prime_bits = (not set)
tls_priorities        = (not set)
delivery              = maildir /Users/myusername/johnsmith@...27...
uidls file            =
/Users/myusername/.mpop_uidls/johnsmith_at_plus.pop.mail.yahoo.com
_only_new_              = on
keep                  = on
killsize              = off
skipsize              = off
filter                = (not set)
TLS certificate information:
    Owner:
        Common Name: *.pop.mail.yahoo.com
        Organization: Yahoo! Inc.
        Organizational unit: Yahoo
        Locality: Santa Clara
        State or Province: California
        Country: US
    Issuer:
        Organization: Equifax
        Organizational unit: Equifax Secure Certificate Authority
        Country: US
    Validity:
        Activation time: Fri Jan 25 17:37:24 2008
        Expiration time: Thu Jan 24 17:37:24 2013
    Fingerprints:
        SHA1: DE:1D:15:16:AE:0A:6A:37:16:64:DE:05:6D:66:21:94:90:F6:92:94
        MD5:  F6:0D:A4:CA:91:A9:AC:88:4C:BF:D6:70:02:61:87:86
<-- +OK hello from popgate 2.43 on pop106.plus.mail.re2.yahoo.com
--> CAPA
<-- +OK CAPA list follows
<-- EXPIRE NEVER
<-- IMPLEMENTATION popgate 2.43
<-- PIPELINING
<-- RESP-CODES
<-- TOP
<-- UIDL
<-- USER
<-- .
--> USER johnsmith
--> PASS mypassword
<-- +OK password required.
<-- +OK maildrop ready, 39011 messages (3677913508 octets) (6155918683)
--> STAT
<-- +OK 39011 3677913508
mpop: invalid reply to command STAT
mpop: error during mail retrieval (account default from
/Users/myusername/.mpoprc)