Cut and paste/line wrap error:
It is two discrete lines with a "\" at the end of the first line.
(This comes from Life with qmail.)
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
qmail-popup \
mercury.redsea.co.cr /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
Maildir
R. (Bob) Carpenter
CIO-Chief Information Officer
RedSea Management Ltd.
San Jos�, Costa Rica
(506) 204-3300
(506) 204-7090 fax
PGP Key available by request.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Petr Novotny [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 'qmail-pop3d' where does the authentication come from?
>
>
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>
> On 18 May 00, at 9:16, Bob Carpenter wrote:
>
> > Telnetting into the POP3 server, fails:
> >
> > [root@mercury bob]# telnet localhost 110
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to mercury.redsea.co.cr (127.0.0.1).
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > +OK <961.958499285@\>
>
> Backslash?
>
> > In /etc/inetd.conf I have:
> >
> > pop3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
> > qmail-popup \
> > mercury.redsea.co.cr /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
> > Maildir
>
> The backslash should be there only if you split the line in two;
> otherwise (if it's on one line), don't put the backslash in.
>
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> iQA/AwUBOSP8H1MwP8g7qbw/EQKxgACgnwDe5GOssRClGy1QdcyqVDusXNkAn2eX
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> --
> Petr Novotny, ANTEK CS
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.antek.cz
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