Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:21:30 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net>, Tommy Scheunemann <net@mail.arrishq.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pop3 problems Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070404121922.025848d8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <200704041012.00202.david@vizion2000.net> References: <200704040857.51477.david@vizion2000.net> <20070404181201.s5kxp1zvc4w0o8c0@zeus.arrishq.net> <200704041012.00202.david@vizion2000.net>
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At 12:11 PM 4/4/2007, David Southwell wrote:
>On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:12:01 Tommy Scheunemann wrote:
> > On Mi, 04 Apr 2007 David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> babbled:
> > > I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success.
> > >
> > > mail ports installed:
> > > [root@dns1 /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail
> > > cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines
> > > imap-uw-2004g_1,1 University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail
> > > servers maildrop-2.0.2 Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering
> > > abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used
> > > Sendmail [root@dns1 /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]#
> > >
> > >
> > > In inetd I have:
> > > pop2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop2d
> > > ipop2d pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop3d
> > > ipop3d imap4 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/imapd
> > > imapd When connections are attempted there is no response from the
> > > server.
> > >
> > > When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found,
> > > connection is made but there is a problem with password verification.
> > >
> > > Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a
> > > check list to help.
> > >
> > > How do I get logging information for pop3?
> > >
> > > Thanks david
> >
> > The log messages are in /var/log/messages
> >
> > The problem could be that UW disables the LOGIN feature per default so
> > only encrypted logins are accepted (should be Auth TLS in your clients).
> > Another option is to use pop3s instead of pop3 - works fine with the
> > UW daemons so far.
>OK just to compicate matters -- how do I get pop3s??
>there is no pop3s in libexec.. do I need to recompile?
>Sorry to be so ignorant on this.
>
>Thanks
>david
>PS I did try a telnet which showed the popserver ready -
>david
I use qpopper which is in /usr/ports/mail/qpopper. You shouldn't use inet
anymore, it is a security hole. Instead run the daemons you need at
bootup. qpopper adds an rc script to /usr/local/etc/rc.d
-Derek
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