> On Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 07:47:27PM +0530, kapil sharma wrote:
> ! pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup qmail-popup \
> !  foo.com /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir
> [...]
> ! +OK <15634.965386256@\>
>
> Are you sure that ``\'' is an acceptible line continuation character?
> qmail-popup seems to think that ``\'' is the host name, so maybe you
> should just put everything on one line without using ``\''.

The command line is interpreted by bash (I take it you are using bash)
before the program that is being called (try typing some nonexistant command
followed by a '\' and there will be no error) so qmail-popup won't even know
it existed.

Brett.


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InterPlanetary Solutions
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