Take a look at the file /etc/inetd.conf . See if (a) it has a line for the
pop3 service and (b) if the line is uncommented (that is, doesn't begin with
a # character). Also make sure inetd is running on the system ("ps -ax |grep
inetd" should find it if it is running).
1. If there is no line for pop3, then that is your problem -- you need to
add one, then restart inetd, so that inetd knows to listen on port 110. To
tell you exactly what the line should look like, I'd need to know what
distribution and version of Linux you are running -- there are slight
differences on pop3d package used and in its location. (Even then I might
not know what to tell you, but unless you're using an obscure version,
someone on the list should know.)
2. If the line is present but commented out, the fix is easier -- edit
inetd.conf to remove the comment character, save the file, and reinitialize
inetd (several ways to do this last step; one is "killall -1 inetd",
assuming you have inetd running).
3. If inetd isn't running at all, you still want to make sure there is an
entry for pop3d in /etc/inetd.conf . Once there is, start inetd from the
console (as root) and it should work. Add it to one of your rc* scripts
(again, the details are distribution/version dependent) so it starts as part
of booting.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
At 07:35 PM 10/24/99 -0200, F.V.V. wrote [in part]:
>I installed Linux on a PC...
>But - the box seems not to work as a POP3 server. Nothing is responding on
>port 110.
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