Go look in the syslogs to see what error messages qpopper is
sending. There you will see what qpopper is finding wrong.
Butch
At 09:47 PM 12/22/00, you wrote:
>[root@router rc3.d]# telnet localhost 110
>Trying 127.0.0.1...
>Connected to router (127.0.0.1).
>Escape character is '^]'.
>Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>
>This is what I get when I try and connect to the pop port. When I do this,
>and then check netstat, it shows this:
>
>Active Internet connections (servers and established)
>Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State
>tcp 0 0 router:pop3 router:1053 TIME_WAIT
>
>Any idea why I can't get popper working? I really want to get it working, if
>someone could help me, I'd be really appreciative..
>
>-juka
>
>Kenneth Porter wrote:
>
> > [I'm replying back to the list so others can answer.]
> >
> > On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 22:08:28 -0800, Jason wrote:
> >
> > >I think the reason why it was even connecting and showing up in netstat
> > >-ta printout was because I had ipop3d running through inetd.conf.
> > >
> > >I want popper to run in server mode. So it should be an always running
> > >process, right? Like httpd. When I do popper -s nothing seems to happen.
> >
> > I don't use it in server mode so I'll have to leave this question to
> > those that do.
> >
> > Do you see anything in your log files? I use "ls -lt /var/log | head"
> > to see which logs were written last, and therefore are mostly likely to
> > have information from the program I just started.
> >
> > >I also commented the ipop3d from inetd.conf and now pop3 isn't open, so
> > >it wasn't popper that was working before. So, how do I even get popper
> > >started?
> >
> > Ken
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
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