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Date:      Wed, 05 Aug 1998 16:59:04 +0200
From:      Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>
To:        chrw <shredder@hack.babel.dk>
Cc:        "freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: pop3/tcp server failing (looping)
Message-ID:  <35C87338.C5206E67@pipeline.ch>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.980805143304.29287A-100000@hack.babel.dk>

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chrw wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Aug  5 14:10:15 bogpost inetd[111]: pop3/tcp server failing (looping),
> service terminated
> 
>  - anyone know what might cause this? its an fbsd 2.2.6 running the
> cucipop pop3 port. The pop3 daemon stops acceping clients afterwards.

Yea, that is a 'feature' of inetd. If you have too many connects in
a certain time it assumes the called program isn't working and shuts
it up.

A far better alternative is tcpserver from DJB:

 ftp://koobera.math.uic.edu/www/ucspi-tcp.html

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Andre Oppermann

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