It's working now.. once I restarted inetd. Thanks for your help. Ayasha
On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Chris Payne wrote: > Make sure that you used a TAB between parameters, not spaces > otherwise Inetd will not recognize the command string and > abort the loading. > > - Chris Payne > > > > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:29:05 -0500, Butch Kemper wrote: > > >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 > > > > > >TSTAR Internet, Inc | Making the Net Work > >Marble Falls, TX | Serving Blanco, Burnet, > >830-693-6967 | Llano, and Mason Counties > > > > > - - > > Chris Payne > Network Administrator > Physical Resources Dept, > University of Guelph > (519)824-4120 x2882 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >
