At 2:47 PM +0000 11/15/00, Wasim Bashir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this has already been covered but i'm a complete newbie to
> all this and need help in getting qpopper + Apop to work with Qmail.
>
> qpopper installed okay, i added the following to tcpserver :
>
> tcpserver -v -R 0 pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup mail.mydomain.co.uk /b
> in/checkpassword /usr/local/bin/popper ip_of_mailserver -S &
>
> i did a popauth -init
> and then popauth -user username, typed password
>
> it seems to add it to the pop.auth db.
>
> Now everytime i try to collect mail using apop it gives an
> authorisation error.
>
> The email client i'm using is The Bat, i've also tried using Eudora..,
>
> To install apop i used the following :
>
> ./configure --enable-apop=/etc/pop.auth --with-popuid=pop
> --enable-standalone
>
> I've a feeling i'm doing something really stupid... but don't know
> what, any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Wasim
If you enable standalone mode, you must run Qpopper directly (not
through inetd or similar program). If you want to have Qpopper
launched by inetd (or whatever) when connections come in, don't use
standalone mode.
If you telnet in to port 110 (or whichever port you've assigned to
it) do you see the Qpopper banner? Does it have an APOP challenge
(a string enclosed in angle brackets)?
