I may just offer this as a reminder. It is widly known how use with inetd
is depricated, but the qmail 1.03 instructions that come in the tarball
still say how to set it up with inetd.
This may be some of why there is continued confusion.
Jeremy
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On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, the following spilled from the mind of Charles Cazabon:
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:51:43 -0600
> From: Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: QMAIL-SMTPD and INETD
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > QMAIL-SMPTD doesnt work with INETD. I installed it as the INSTALL
> > filedasaid to, but to no avail. I rebooted the box and Qmail-SMTPD didnt
> > start.dadaAny help would be appreciated.dadaThis is the most current
> > verision and is installed into the defaultdadirectories.dadaThanks!daAndy
>
> You didn't post what you did, so nobody can help you.
>
> However, as you've noted, use of inetd/xinetd with qmail is deprecated.
> It's much simpler to set up with tcpserver (from ucspi-tcp). See djb's
> documentation on his website at cr.yp.to, or do a "Life with qmail"
> installation (see http://lifewithqmail.org).
>
> Charles
>
