Hi.
I am new in qmail. Can anyone help me ?
Problem: I could not access my email dir using Outlook Express (OE)
via pop3 port. (110)
I have installed and configured qmail smtpd successfully. I (or
anyone else) can send and received e-mail locally and remotely. No
problemo. I run qmail under tcpserver.
I also tried to run its /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d using xinetd.
Below is my configuration:-
$ vi /etc/xinetd.d/ipop3
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6 service pop3
7 {
8 disable = no
9 socket_type = stream
10 wait = no
11 user = root
12 server = /usr/local/bin/tcpserver 0
110 \
13 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup mail.<my-
domainname> \
14 /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d
Maildir &
15 log_on_success += USERID
16 log_on_failure += USERID
17 }
--------------------------------------------------------------------
<my-domainname> is a valid domain (with another name).
The defaultdelivery is ./Maildir, which means that my email
directories are located in:-
/home/mail/poptest100/Maildir/
Below is the out of /var/log/messages:-
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May 31 11:23:52 mail xinetd[26929]: Exiting...
May 31 11:23:52 mail xinetd: xinetd shutdown succeeded
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: attribute server expects 1 values
and 4 values were specified [line=12]
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: Bad operator for
attribute: /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup [line=13]
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: finger disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: imap disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: imaps disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: swat disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: pop3s disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: linuxconf disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: pop2 disabled, removing
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: xinetd Version 2.1.8.9pre9
started with
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: libwrap
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: options compiled in.
May 31 11:23:53 mail xinetd[27013]: Started working: 2 available
services
May 31 11:23:56 mail xinetd: xinetd startup succeeded
May 31 11:24:54 mail spop3d[27532]: user poptest100 authenticated
May 31 11:24:54 mail spop3d[27532]: session ended for user poptest100
------------------------------------------------------------------
When I used my OE, I can send email to my other remote account. But
my OE could not "received" email from my mail.<my-domainname>.
I think the problem is either in:-
a) accessing the email directory (./Maildir) itself. I have checked
the permission and found it is okay. Owner (poptest100) can read and
execute directories and subdirectories under its own home directory.
or
b) my xinetd.d/ipop3 account setup is not right. I do not know about
this one. I am also new in xinetd.
Can anyone give me any suggestion ? I think I do not have to
reinstall my redhat 7.0 and qmail from stratch. I am nearly finishing
my qmail installation.
Just FYI, before this I am using sendmail and I have no problem using
my OE to access my email via pop3.
Thank you in advance
