Hi Patrick

when i remember right...

To use the priviligated ports from 1 to 1024 a program must
have root-rights. 

On xmailserver.org see:

HowTo non-root XMail - How to run XMail with a non root user account by
Sergey Ivanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.spectr.org/sergey/HowTo-Chrooted-XMail.html

Hope it helps.

Bye
Michael

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Subject: [xmail] Starting Xmail as unprivelidged user



I'm sure that this question has been asked before,  but is there a reason
why 
Xmail runs as root, and does not drop to an unpriveledged account after 
starting?

Just curious.

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woman.
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