Excellent, Michael!! I didn't know until just a minute ago that Postfix doesn't include a pop3 daemon. Thanks so much!
By the way, do you think there is any advantage to using qpopper instead? Miark Michael Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > At 11:03 PM 3/28/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spoke thusly: > > > >> * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/TestSketch > >> * http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/EmailPostfixTrials > > > >These pages didn't really help my specific problem. > > > >> The final piece of the puzzle for me (I hope) was how to set up a pop > >> (and imap) server under xinetd (sp?). > > > >Does POP run independently of Postfix? I didn't think so. If so, how > >-do- you get it running? > > > Yes, pop does run independently of postfix. POP3d is a binary included in > the imap-* packages, which is controlled by the xinetd superdaemon. > > The steps to getting a working pop3 server are: > > 1. Make sure that xinetd is installed. If it isn't, install it. > 2. Make sure that all imap-* packages are installed. If they aren't, > install them. > 3. Make sure that the /etc/xinetd.d/pop3 file is not set as "disabled" -- > if it is, enable it. > 4. Finally, restart xinetd. You should now have a working pop3 server. > > If it still doesn't work, check the following: > > 1. Verify that xinetd is running. > > 2. Verify that pop3 is running (ps / netstat are your friends). > > 3. Try connecting from the local machine -- if it doesn't work, then you > have some type of configuration issue, quite possibly with hosts.deny > > 4. If you get a successful connect from the local machine, check remote > connectivity (ie, from another machine). If it doesn't work, there is > either an issue with /etc/hosts.deny or one of the rules in your firewall > (if you have one in place). > > 5. Make sure that the username / password is a valid account on the mail > server. > > If you are still having problems, send the relevant error messages from > your logs to the list...it is much easier to give more specific ideas if we > know exactly what the problem is. > >
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