Authentication failed (bad password) error in outlook?

Outlook error – Authentication failed error message in Outlook.

The most common problem in outlook is “Authentication failed (bad password)”

There was a problem logging onto your mail server. Your Password was rejected. Account: ‘192.168.0.2’, Server: ‘192.168.0.2’, Protocol: POP3, Server Response: ‘-ERR Authentication failed (bad password?)’, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number: 0x800CCC92

To resolve above error refer following steps.

cd /etc/xinetd.d/

rm -f popa3d popa3ds

service xinetd restart

/scripts/courierup –force

/scripts/eximup –force

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