> so i managed to install sendmail > and configure it properly (i hope) > and then i went searching for pop3/imap daemons > and decided on the university of washington's ipop3 server > built it, > installed it > > and here's the good news: > i _can_ connect to the linux box from a windows box via pop3 > > but the bad news: > it doesn't work. > i get the following error in /var/log/maillog: > Jul 30 11:18:06 <servername> ipop3d[20708]: Login failed > user=<username> > auth=<username> host=<host> [<ip>] > > you read right, both the "user=" and the "auth=" are showing up the same > even though i am passing two very different values for the username and > password. am i right in assuming that this has something to do with how > i compiled ipop3? according to the build README, i was supposed to > type: "make lnp" for linux systems running PAM. isn't that how > redhat7.3 is default installed? or am i on an entirely wrong track > here? > > thanks for the help people. i'm still a newbie at all this and i feel > like i'm up to my neck in error messages.
Why didn't you just install Redhat's pop3 server rpm (actually it's the imap rpm). It the UW pop3 package and would have saved you the trouble of building it and perhaps not including something needed? Gerry -- redhat-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
