Did you restart "inetd" so that it would read the new configuration file?

Did you check the log to see if inetd was having problems starting qpopper?

Butch

At 02:42 AM 4/18/02, you wrote:
>I installed the QPopper4.0.4 and followed the instructions in the manual.
>I added the following line to /etc/inetd,conf:
>
>pop3    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/sbin/popper  qpopper -s
>
>I also checked /etc/services to ensure that pop3 had been included and
>found the following line under the 'Network services, Internet style'
>
>pop3    110/tcp         # Post Office Protocol - Version 3
>
>According to the manual, this is correct, but when I try to telnet I
>receive the following message:
>
>telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
>
>The manual states that this is because the port name pop3 is not the same
>as the one in inetd.conf, but as the above demonstrates this is not the
>case.
>
>Could you possibly help me with this?
>
>I am using
>
>QPopper4.0.4
>Solaris 8
>
>Thanks.
>
>Ayasha


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