On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Ronald Warner wrote:
> the pop server the user wants to download from is not in the LAN.
> but a pop server in the internet. is this where NAT/ip masquerading
> comes into play?
pretty much so.
>
> thanks.
>
> >
> >
> > what's the error?
> >
> > 1> Connection timed out?
> >
> > 2> Connection refused?
> >
> >
> > if (1)
> >
> > then you need to put the ips of your lan in /etc/hosts -or-
> > set up a nameserver in your gateway box that resolves the reverse IPs of
> > the hosts in your private network.
> >
> >
> > if (2), then you did not start the pop3 service. do a
> >
> > chkconfig ipop3 on
> > service xinetd restart
> >
> > on most mandrake/redhat systems
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Ronald Warner wrote:
> >
> > > i have set up a linux server with dns, dhcp, mail, proxy. there are
> > > two nics on this server: one i assigned a public ip and the other a
> > > private ip. the router is connected to the nic with the public ip and
> > > the switch (feeding the the local pcs) is connected to the nic with
> > > the private ip. dhcp is providing private ips to the pcs. the pcs are
> > > able to browse the internet.
> > >
> > > however, the users can't download mail (from another mail server)
> > > through pop. any ideas?
> > >
> > > thanks.
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