Thanks for reading! Subject tells all. I installed qmail-pop3d using LWQ, and it's working just fine. I've searched the archives hi and lo and have checked inetd.conf, commented out pop3 and HUPed it. Nmap reports nothing on port 110. Tcpserver is reporting the above error message and I can't figure out why. Here's my run file: #!/bin/shexec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx pop3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \mail.computer.domain /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1 \| /var/qmail/bin/splogger pop3d 2>&1 Hopefully I've just made some silly mistake. If you need additional information, please let me know. For now I just commented out the splogger command so I don't fill the logfile. TIA .mark -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/IT/O d- s+ a C++++$ L++++$> P+++$> L++ E--- W-- N+ o K- w-- !O M- !V PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP t+ !5 X R- tv b+++ DI+ D- G e++ h--- r+++ z++++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ 1.79x10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's the law!! use Disclaimer; my $opinion_only;