il Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:59:17 GMT, Greg Brondo <greg / brondo.com> ha
scritto::

>I try to run this code:
>
>  pop = Net::POP3.start("mta.algx.net","myname","mypass") { |pop| }
>
>And I get this error:
>
>SocketError: getaddrinfo: servname not supported for ai_socktype.
>
>Any ideas?  I'm running 1.8.1 on Windows XP (via RubyInstaller)

it seem you'0re missing thye port parameter.

I believe that it is:
POP3.start( address, port = nil, account = nil, password = nil, isapop
= false ) {|pop| ...}   

so:
pop= Net::POP3.start("mta.algx.net",110,"myname","mypass") 

could work