llwyble@suddenlink.net put forth on 1/25/2011 4:52 PM:
I get dovecot to work and answer when telnet to 110 both local and from another computer.
When I try get mail from my machine from another computer I get nothing What's up?
Those two statements are contradictory. The first says it works, the second says it doesn't. It appears you killed the telnet session as soon as the Dovecot POP daemon responded. If you had attempted to login and read a message, the responses would have helped both you, and us, in troubleshooting your problem. At this point you've not provided us enough information to do anything but guess and speculate. Most people's time is more valuable than that.
So, my recommendation is to test more thoroughly via telnet and copy/paste any errors. Use this as a guide:
http://www.anta.net/misc/telnet-troubleshooting/pop.shtml
-- Stan