After a little more digging, I easily solved this myself, so thought I would follow up in case some other newbie has this same problem. Scene: You have a Win9x/NT machine. You have RedHat 5.2 on your new Linux server box. Perhaps you chose automatic Server setup. Problem: Your W95 box connects to SMTP port 25 on Linux box and can send mail--but it cannot connect to POP3 110 port to receive mail. That's because no POP server was installed. ***Point: You must have *both* SMTP and POP3 servers (or IMAP) running on your Linux box. Solution: Fire up Glint, scan for new packages, and get the imap-4.4 package installed. It is in the Networking/Daemon folder. Do a shutdown now -r and try to get your mail from W95 box. Should work now. -FP -----Original Message----- From: Father Parthenios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 7:00 PM Subject: intranet POP3 question >Any ideas? >I have a mail server (RedHat 5.2) I can send to (SMTP on port 25) but not >receive from >(POP on port 110 -- drops connection). Problem same on connected NT, 95 and >on telnet to the loopback device. > >procmail -v brings up ==================================================== > >procmail v3.10 1994/10/31 written and created by Stephen R. van den Berg > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Submit questions/answers to the procmail-related mailinglist by sending to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >And of course, subscription and information requests for this list to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Locking strategies: dotlocking, fcntl() >Default rcfile: $HOME/.procmailrc >System mailbox: /var/spool/mail/$LOGNAME >===================================================================== > >...but I can't find any .procmailrc file in the home directory (or >anywhere). > >What should I try next? > > >Father Parthenios >(800) 227-1629 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >www.cybercom.net/~htm > >
