> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin > Krzywinski > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 7:25 AM > To: Gaurav Agarwal > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: POP > > > > > Hi all, > > i needed to setup a configuration, such that i can read mail > from my home PC > > (win95) outlook from the linux-red hat6 server i have at our office. For > > this i have established a PPP link to the server using modem/telephone > > lines. Please tell me how to configure my server such that i can read my > > mails thru outlook (POP). I have read the how-tos but of mo avail... > > Please help me... > > Thanks a lot.. (in advance.) > > Gaurav. > > Just remove the # in front of one or more of the lines in inetd.conf. > > #pop-2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop2d > #pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d > #imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd > > then /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart > > and you have instant pop and imap services. You may want to look into > getting the latest patches for these. > > mk > Then can i check mail using my normal ppp login and password ? How to send mails then ? outlook requires an SMTP and POP server address, and i give the server ip address. Gaurav. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Martin > Krzywinski > Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 7:25 AM > To: Gaurav Agarwal > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: POP > > > > > Hi all, > > i needed to setup a configuration, such that i can read mail > from my home PC > > (win95) outlook from the linux-red hat6 server i have at our office. For > > this i have established a PPP link to the server using modem/telephone > > lines. Please tell me how to configure my server such that i can read my > > mails thru outlook (POP). I have read the how-tos but of mo avail... > > Please help me... > > Thanks a lot.. (in advance.) > > Gaurav. > > Just remove the # in front of one or more of the lines in inetd.conf. > > #pop-2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop2d > #pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d > #imap stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd imapd > > then /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart > > and you have instant pop and imap services. You may want to look into > getting the latest patches for these. > > mk > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > The best of men cannot suspend their fate: > The good die early, and the bad die late. > Daniel Defoe (Character of the late Dr. S. Annesley) > --------------------------------------------------- 767/1424 - > > Martin Krzywinski > System Administrator > Genome Sequence Center > BC Cancer Research Center > 601 West 10th Avenue > Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3 > tel: (604) 415-7184 > fax: (604) 415-7192 > http://www.cigenomics.bc.ca > > > >
