[afnog] Cannot connect to remote pop3 server - resolved.

[Geert Jan de Groot]

> - you buy mailboxes from pop3.zonnet.nl;  that means you're paying  
> them good money for a service.
> if that service entitles you to read your mail, using a web client, it  
> shouldn't matter if you're in australia or zanzibar.
> to me, the 'spam/scam' reasons supplied are weak.  i'd insist that  
> they find an alternate authentication mechanism;  or i'd leave.

Zonnet used to be one of the "free Internet" ISP's here in NL.
They were funded by advertizing and the (then) Internet hype.

Zonnet since have been sold a few times and I'm not sure what
their business model is these days. 
I do know that the telco who currently owns them, competes heavily
on pricing and hence may have limited resources to deal with
oddball users like you, accessing from foreign places.

Like Nishal, I wonder why someone on the African continent
would want to use a foreign POP service?

Perhaps you should consider getting service closer, or perhaps even
set something up yourself; http://www.ws.afnog.org/afnog2008/sse/
may be a useful start.

Geert Jan