Hi, I've been trying to get qpopper configured for a few days now, and after lots of false starts (no thanks to M*cr*s*ft Outl**k or Outl**k Express) I think I've tracked the problem down to ipchains.
When trying to connect using Express, I get the following errors:- The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'xxxxxx.com', Server: 'mail. xxxxxx.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E The connection to the server has failed. Account: 'xxxxxx.com', Server: 'xxxxxx.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10071, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E Now, na�ve me assumed that the comment about SSL meant it was trying to use SSL to connect to the port. However, if I remove the following rule from ipchains:- REJECT tcp -y---- anywhere anywhere any -> any Then the pop3 connection works. I need to do the equivalent for SMTP also, as I understand it. Now, what I'm a little confused about is whether this is the correct & safest way to configure ipchains to allow qpopper to work? I need to allow any external client with a valid IP address to connect via pop3 and SMTP using using the appropriate ports. Presumably it's a good idea to reject invalid IP addresses and to reject connections that appear to come from the internal network address. I guess there is more I can do to secure things by using APOP, SSL, etc. but first things first. I would be grateful for any help. Thanks, Phil
