I forgot to mention that once you edit the /etc/inetd.conf file you'll have to
restart inetd.conf, you can do the following:
[root@segv3 root]# ps auxww|grep inetd|egrep -v grep
root 234 0.0 0.4 1244 304 ? S Dec 14 0:02 inetd
[root@segv3 root]# kill -HUP 234
Ed
Ed Robbins wrote:
> Yes you can run both smtp and pop on monica.threeofus.com, it's a simple
> matter of setting up the correct entry in /etc/inetd.conf. First of all, do
> a netstat -a |grep -i pop on the machine and see if the pop server is
> running, if you get back an entry like the one below then it's already up:
>
> tcp 0 0 *:pop *:* LISTEN
>
> If it comes back with this line then you have an access problem and will want
> to check your /etc/hosts.allow file. If you get nothing then edit the
> /etc/inetd.conf and find the entry for pop3, you want it to look like the
> following:
>
> pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
>
> Now you'll notice the part that says /usr/sbin/tcpd, this means that
> tcpwrappers is used to control access to this service and I highly recommend
> that you use it. Access is controlled via the /etc/hosts.allow and
> /etc/hosts.deny files, do a man on hosts.allow to see what to put in it.
>
> Ed
>
> "Joshua S. Freeman" wrote:
>
> > I have a network like this:
> >
> > ISDN line goes into:
> >
> > 199.232.38.1 (ISDN router)
> >
> > which has a hub plugged into it.
> >
> > In the hub we have:
> >
> > 199.232.38.2 a Power Computing 604/132 running macDNS for threeofus.com
> > and Eudora Internet Mail Server (EIMS).
> >
> > 199.232.38.2 (the power computing machine) permanent hostname in macDNS
> > is:
> >
> > joshua.threeofus.com, and is aliased to: www.threeofus.com,
> > discuss.threeofus.com, news.threeofus.com, mail.threeofus.com,
> > pop.threeofus.com
> >
> > 199.232.8.4 is also plugged into the hub. It is a redhat linux 6.1 box.
> > this machine's permanent hostname in macDNS is monica.threeofus.com. it
> > is aliased to pop3.threeofus.com.
> >
> > Lastly, 199.232.38.5 is an airport base station running dhcp so that my
> > wife can use her new iBook anywhere in the house.
> >
> > Here's the problem:
> >
> > I'm trying to setup MS Outlook on the iBook. My wife is
> > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. I want her to use mail.threeofus.com
> > (199.232.38.2, EIMS on the mac) for her smtp server. Ideally, I'd like any
> > mail sent, from anywhere, to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be spooled at
> > pop.threeofus.com (also 199.232.38.2, EIMS on the mac)...
> >
> > Instead, here's what's happening.
> >
> > mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] stays spooled on the mac and can be
> > retreived with outlook from pop.threeofus.com.
> >
> > mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] winds up spooled on the linux box and
> > can be read with pine or mutt. Trying to get it from pop3.threeofus.com
> > or monica.threeofus.com doesn't work. For some reason, i am not able to
> > telnet to port 110 on monica.threeofus.com, the linux box.
> >
> > There are other users @threeofus.com who DO ssh into the linux box for
> > their mail rather than using pop clients.... Basically, isn't there a way
> > to have smtp AND pop3 running on both monica.threeofus.com and
> > joshua.threeofus.com but make it so I can setup how mail for any
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] gets handled (which machine it gets spooled on) on a
> > user by user basis?
> >
> > TIA!
> >
> > J.
> >
> > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
> > Joshua S. Freeman | preferred email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > pgp public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.threeofus.com
> > -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
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