[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 01/09/2002 2:18:33 P US Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> If we knew how to repair it, we would know exactly what your problem >> is and maybe able to help.. >> >> However at a guess, i believe RH 7.1 was the first release where >> default firewalling is on. > > > > I'm talking about the default setup for sendmail, that doesn't allow > POP3 login....with RH Linux 7.1. > Details of the workaround are at > http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/gotchas/7.1/gotchas-71.html. > It tells me that "sendmail-cf" must be installed....but doesn't tell > me how to figure out whether or not it is, or how to install the > package, if it's not already installed. There is a directory on the > system named "sendmail-cf", which contains a bunch of config > files....but I don't know anything more about it than that. I'm not > all that experienced with Linux, I'm connecting through SSH to the > server, as root. But I've done everything in the docs to try and > remove whatever blockage is killing POP login....with no results. > >> You may wish to look at ipchains. ipchains -L -v will show if >> firewall rules are on. ipchains -F will remove all firewall rules. >> There will also be an ipchains init file you may wish to look at.. > > > > Output of "ipchains -L -v" below: > Chain input (policy ACCEPT: 5638294 packets, 1856089520 bytes): > Chain forward (policy ACCEPT: 0 packets, 0 bytes): > Chain output (policy ACCEPT: 3180254 packets, 1386422933 bytes): > By ACCEPT, I'm guessing it's supposed to accept logins. I get the > error "Connection Refused" when I try logging in by POP3 using Eudora. > >> hopefully you'll get it working and you can move away from aol. > > > > I have my own mail server running on Windows 2k(until I get this > working)....but for some reason the list server didn't like it (I got > a mail-deamon message saying "cannot route to [EMAIL PROTECTED]" from > the list server), so I had to use my AOL account.....which wasn't my > first choice. > > Anyway....like I said before. If I can install courier over the > original sendmail and get rid of the problem....that's the plan. But > I'd like to know if anyone has had this problem, that can tell a > little something about it....before I sink time into installing > courier, and not being able to use it. > > Thanks much, > James J. Covington - KB9ZXY - Muncie, IN > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I nterNational Storm Watchers Association (INSWA) Founder and President > www.insw.org <http://www.insw.org/> and/or www.insw.org/indiana > <http://www.insw.org/indiana> unit# 00 > Indiana Chasers of Adverse and Severe wEather (INCHASE) > www.inchase.org <http://www.inchase.org/> member #8 > Owner www.Thrift-E-Design.com <http://www.thrift-e-design.com/> > "Making professional web design affordable"
I would highly suggest that you replace the system sendmail with the complete courier system. Courier mta, pop3d, imap, etc etc... this not only will resolve this issue, but any other issue down the line related to the operability between the 2. _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
