After testing this on my setup, I beleive there is something else wrong on
your side.
I'm running 4.03 along under RH 6.2, and I hit the get button like 20 times
in a row to see if I would get the same problem, and I it runs perfectly.
Jack
Ilya Palagin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Doing stupid experiments with my server (Mandrake 7.0, qpopper 4.0.3) I
> found an easy way to shut it down from any client, sending a bunch of
> requests by clicking (3 clicks per sec) on GetMsg button (in my case
> it's Mozilla). inetd terminates qpopper with the message:
>
> inetd[379]: pop3/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated
>
> How can I prevent a malicious user from clicking so fast? :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Ilya.
--
___________________________________________________________
Jack Sasportas
Innovative Internet Solutions
Phone 305.665.2500
Fax 305.665.2551
www.innovativeinternet.com
www.web56.net