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Date:      Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:13:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Bill Farina <bfarina@venture-1.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Qualcomm POP mail problem
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708011127.22542R-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199807050809.DAA00512@ns.venture-1.com>

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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Bill Farina wrote:

> Has anyone run into this error message?  It appears in my /var/log/messages
> file every time someone checks mail using qpopper.  What specific command
> lines go in what file to nix it.
> 
> 
> Jul  5 02:59:20 ns popper[487]: (v2.41beta1) Unable to get canonical name
> of client, err
> = 60

This means that the client's IP address couldn't be reverse-mapped to it's
hostname.

DANGER:  2.41b1 has KNOWN SECURITY HOLES.  UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY.  You may
want tot take this opportunity to review the Washington University or CUCI
POP packages -- these are popular alternatives to the bug-ridden qpopper.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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