To make sure we are checking all the stops can you please post unedited:
1) the line you use to start your pop3 server
2) the results of a telnet to port 110 including username/password
3) the log of that pop3 session
Thanks,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: Howard Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 7:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
Yes, I tried [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED], neither
worked.
Can anybody explain to me what is supposed to be happening. Should I use
checkpassword or vcheckpw (or whatever it is), and if so where do these
programs actually get the authorisation information from. AND what do all
these files in qmail/control DO? PLEASE, PLEASE don't tell me to stick
this in there or that in the other, how does it work and I will figure it
out for myself.
If I want' to use POP3 do I use Mailbox or Maildir? Does it matter? Can I
use either? HOW DOES IT WORK? It can't be hard, surely?????
Yours, very frustrated
Howard
At 10:27 31/10/00 -0600, you wrote:
>Just to try the simple stuff first did you type in [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then
>the password ?
>
>
>
>Rick Harris
>UNIX Administrator
>Internet Global/Telares
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>"In a time of insanity, let a madman lead the way"
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:15 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
>
>
>I'm sorry... I'm losing the plot here completely.
>
>I got vpopmail. Installed it no problems, and off we go...
>
>added a user 'fred' with password 'pass' using vadduser.. worked/
>
>tried POP3 access from a PC on the network....made no difference
>whatsoever, password/username incorrect still.
>
>What might I be doing wrong?
>
>I frankly don't understand this virtual domain thing, and I have been
>reading about it for days. If you can indulge me...
>
>We currently have a mailserver called (names changed to protect the
>innocent) mail.somedomain.com. This machine has (a) problems and (b) no
>documentation and needs to go. So I set up a machine at
>test.somedomain.com. I installed qmail and can send mail from the new
>machine to the old and back again, using an ordinary user on the new
>machine to an arbitrary user on the old. I do this using the ordinary mail
>program, it doesn't work with these "Maildir" things, something else that
>isn't explained very well.
>
>I won't be using local users on test.somedomain.com, users will connect
>using SMTP and POP3 and don't need to have IDs on the linux box. I will
>want their usernames to be [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>What is the easiest way to do this? I have been at this for a week, and am
>no further forward. I am ceasing to be impressed with qmail as it is FAR
>too hard to set up. Win2000 and Exchange will have to be the answer if I
>can't get this working very soon.
>
>Cheers... Howard
>PS Sorry if I sound grumpy... I just need to get this working and its like
>hitting my head of a brick wall. Is there no decent documentation for this
>stuff?
>
>
>At 11:00 31/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Oh...you need to get the vpopmail package to do virtuals. Really, it's
> >great.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 10:30 AM
> >Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
> >
> >
> > >Errr... thanks,
> > >
> > >BUT I don't have any executables call "vadduser" or "vadddomain"!!!
> > >
> > >Where do I find these? Does this work with the password checking
program
> > >that comes with the standard download of wmail?
> > >
> > >Thanks again.
> > >
> > >At 09:25 31/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>If you've run
> > >>vadduser some_user
> > >>then it asked you for a password and that's how you will authenticate.
> > >>user: user
> > >>pass: pass
> > >>
> > >>If you've run
> > >>vadddomain some_domain
> > >>vadduser some_user@some_domain
> > >>
> > >>then you authenticate as follows:
> > >>user: some_user%some_domain
> > >>pass: pass
> > >>
> > >>Make sense?
> > >>
> > >>-----Original Messag
> > >>e-----
> > >>From: Howard Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >>Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:28 AM
> > >>Subject: Re: Can't get POP3 Authorisation to work
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> >Sorry, I'm very new to setting mail servers and I'm not sure what
you
> >mean!
> > >> >
> > >> >Where do I put these settings? I don't really understand what is
meant
> >by a
> > >> >virtual domain in this context.
> > >> >
> > >> >My goal is to pruduce a mail server for a windows 98 network. All my
> >users
> > >> >will access by SMTP and POP3 and will not have IDs on the unix box.
I
> > >> >assume this makes them virtual users (yes?). I am having a lot of
> >trouble
> > >> >understanding how to do this. Any help at all will be appreciated.
> > >> >
> > >> >Howard
> > >> >
> > >> >At 11:13 31/10/00 +0100, you wrote:
> > >> >>Hello Howard,
> > >> >>
> > >> >>Tuesday, October 31, 2000, 6:27:30 PM, you wrote:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > I have installed qmail and it seems to more or less work.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > I can connect to POP3 but my usernames/passwords are never
> >authorised.
> > >> >> I am
> > >> >> > using the setup as described in the FAQ.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>If you run a virtuell domain you probably have to set the user
login
> > >> >>format like user%domain.com
> > >> >>
> > >> >>Hans-Juergen
> > >> >
> > >
