Ho Soo Aun writes:
> I had set up this qmail abt a month. Suddenly client cannot connect to
> pop server.
>
> In syslog i had this log.
> Jan 8 10:15:41 kids inetd[80]: pop3/tcp server failing (looping),
> service terminated
Right. inetd think that your normal system load is caused by a client
which is stuck in an open/close loop. There's a parameter you can set
in the inetd.conf file (sometimes), but it's better just to switch to
Dan's tcpserver.
> Restart with 'shutdown -r now' does not work.
> Switch off/on system after shutdown bring back the pop3.
Try kill -HUP `pid of inetd`
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