# POP3 polling stopped working

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-stopped-working/38490
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [26.Январь.2016 06:01:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-stopped-working/38490 "2016-01-26T06:01:18Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [26.Январь.2016 07:52:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pop3-polling-stopped-working/38490/2 "2016-01-26T07:52:46Z")

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Here’s how I would debug it: SSH into your server and then

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
./launcher enter app
rails c
require "net/pop"
pop3 = Net::POP3.new("pop.gmail.com", 995)
pop3.enable_ssl
pop3.auth_only("username", "password")

```

And check what error you get from the last line.

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