From: Greg Brondo Date: 2004-03-17T08:04:43+09:00 Subject: Socket error with net/pop 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)