Author: esr Date: 2008-12-24 12:12:22 +0000 (Wed, 24 Dec 2008) New Revision: 24780
Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/freemail.php Log: Describe a troubleshooting procedure and fix a typo. Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/freemail.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/en/freemail.php 2008-12-23 17:10:17 UTC (rev 24779) +++ trunk/website/pages/en/freemail.php 2008-12-24 12:12:22 UTC (rev 24780) @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ <p>It now generates your Freemail address which is a long random string like <span style="font-weight:bold;">[email protected]</span>. Generating -the cryptographic keypair is a computation-inttensive process and may +the cryptographic keypair is a computation-intensive process and may take a few minutes on a slow machine.</p> <pre> @@ -213,3 +213,30 @@ <p>Congratulations - you're now set up to send and receive email over Freenet!</p> + +<h3>Troubleshooting tips</h3> + +<p>If you try to run the Freemail jar and get messages that look like the +following:</p> + +<pre> +24/12/2008 11:20:52 ERROR(freemail.smtp.SMTPListener): Error in SMTP server - Address already in use +24/12/2008 11:20:52 ERROR(freemail.imap.IMAPListener): Error in IMAP server - Address already in use +</pre> + +<p>...it probably means you downloaded the Freemail plugin through the Web +interface and your node is already running it. On a Linux machine you +can check to see if the private SMTP and IMAP ports are actually in use +with <code>netstat -tln</code>; the port numbers you're looking for in +the listing are 3143 (Freenet IMAP) and 3025 (Freenet SMTP).</p> + +<p>If you get these messages and these ports are <em>not</em> in use, +try shutting down and restarting the node. If the problem persists +after that, you have found a bug and should file it with the Freenet +developers.</p> + +<p>If the ports are indeed in use, check the <b>List of Plugins</b> on +your <b>Plugins</b>. If Freemail is in that list, then you can eaither +unload it and go through the manual procedure (running java -jar +Freemail.jar) or configure your Freemail account through the web +interface.</p> _______________________________________________ cvs mailing list [email protected] http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvs
