Randy, see below.
raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * When I run "service inetd status" I get "inetd: unrecognized > service". > > * When I run "service xinetd status" I get "xinetd (pid 411) is > running..." inetd is superseeded by xinetd (eXtended inetd), so one excludes the other. everything ok here. > * I can confirm that pop3 is running by telneting to port 110 and > "conversing" with it. > > I assume then, that pop3 must have been started by xinetd? (or at least > that is most likely, and that it was unlikely to have been started by > inet) yes to the first one... > > Continuing: > > * There is no line in xinetd.conf to start pop3 like there is in > inetd.conf. There is a file in the directory /etc/xinetd.conf named > ipop3 which I assume is somehow automatically initiated by xinetd or > some mechanism like the startup files in rc.d? exactly, it reads all the config files found in /etc/xinetd.d > * In that ipop3 file, there is a line "# default: on" and I'm > assuming that is what makes the service start? yes. You can see in the /var/log/syslog that when xinetd is started, it loads all the config files, then disables the services not requested. > * When I looked at the imap file under /etc/xinetd.d, the "default > line" said off. I changed it to on, saved the file, and then did a > "server xinetd restart". I still get the same behavior on telneting in > to port 143. > > * I then did a "ps -Al | grep map" (as root) and found the imapd > daemon. (BTW -- what is the accepted pronunciation of daemon?) I did > not find anything when I did "ps -Al | grep pop". this seems to be the problem to me. I don't have experience with imap, but had a similar problem with proftp. proftp can run as standalone _or_ as (x)inetd service, but not both! If you start proftpd from the command line and you also have disable=no in the corresponding xinet.d/ configuration file, it will not work. So be sure that you are not starting imap from the rc.d, if you enable it in xinet.d good luck.
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