From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 26 13:42:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from corp.au.triax.com (slwag2p06.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E913814FC1 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@corp.au.triax.com) Received: (from jim@localhost) by corp.au.triax.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA18392; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:41:32 +1100 (EST) Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:41:31 +1100 From: Jim Mock To: Michael Brown Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: POP3 Message-ID: <19990227084131.D18267@corp.au.triax.com> Reply-To: jim@corp.au.triax.com References: <01BE61A4.DFF72740.michael_brown@sw.cc.va.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <01BE61A4.DFF72740.michael_brown@sw.cc.va.us> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 at 16:27:16 -0500, Michael Brown wrote: > I need to setup a pop3 server with Freebsd. How would I go by > doing this? > Install one =) There are a few in the ports collection to choose from.. qpopper, cucipop, uw-imapd/pop3d.. take your pick. cd /usr/ports/mail/popper make install Then make sure you add or uncomment the appropriate line in /etc/inetd.conf.. pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/popper popper After doing that you'll need to restart inetd.. ps auxw |grep inetd kill -1 Hope this helps, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD 'zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message