Dear Mark,
Replies interleaved with your message, below: On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Mark Crispin wrote: > The first thing is that the ipop[23]d and imapd daemons do *NOT* listen on > the ports; they just do stdio. The listener is either inetd, xinetd, or > launchd. Now that is something I did not know. That explains why they would not "listen" on the ports even when I started them manually. Question: do pop2 and pop3 both have to be started, or is one or the other optional to have POP working? > > Since the daemons do not listen, they don't do any hosts.allow processing > either. That is done entirely by TCP wrappers, inetd, xinetd, or launchd > depending upon how your system is setup. > OK, but the service labels used in hosts.allow would be (if any) things like imap, pop, etc., not xinetd and launchd, no? > In your case, the answer is probably "launchd". > Correct, though I might be able to use xinetd if need be. > I can't vouch for any third-party distributions. Have you tried obtaining > the software directly from the UW FTP server on: > ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z > and then building using the command: > make oxp > Actually, I thought that it was the very same thing. > For what it's worth, I have a Mac Mini at home and run the servers using > xinetd instead of launchd. I didn't want to be bothered to learn how to > use launchd; it's enough effort to keep track of inetd and xinetd. > It does appear to be some Byzantine in structure and usage. > However, someone once sent me a launchd script that he claimed works for > imapd. I haven't looked to see how it differs from yours. > > <plist version="1.0"> > <dict> > <key>Disabled</key> > <false/> > <key>Label</key> > <string>imap4</string> > <key>ProgramArguments</key> > <array> > <string>/usr/local/libexec/imaps</string> > </array> > <key>inetdCompatibility</key> > <dict> > <key>Wait</key> > <false/> > </dict> > <key>Sockets</key> > <dict> > <key>Listeners</key> > <dict> > <key>SockServiceName</key> > <string>imaps</string> > <key>Bonjour</key> > <false/> > </dict> > </dict> > </dict> > </plist> > This did the trick, as far as startup goes! I find that imap refuses to accept my login, and pop3 does not appear to be doing anything. Do both of these rely on pam.d? Rich > -- Mark -- > > http://staff.washington.edu/mrc > Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. > Si vis pacem, para bellum. > -- ************************************************ Richard Bonomo UW Space Astronomy Laboratory ph: (608) 263-4683 telefacsimile: (608) 263-0361 SAL-related email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] all other email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page URL: http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~bonomo ************************************************ _______________________________________________ Imap-uw mailing list [email protected] https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/imap-uw
