Since I had no reply, I try re-posting with a new subject line.
I cannot believe nobody knows the reason of this problem, but the only
reply I got so far was from someone who had the problem but then switched
to courier-imap. There must be a simpler solution, since I don't need IMAP.
>Several people asked this on the list before, but I have not found any
>reply. I hope to have better luck... :-)
>
>Every time the mailbox is checked with POP3, syslog reports:
>
> Mar 7 15:40:48 net1 inetd[26701]: pid 26937: exit status 1
>
>Other than the annoying message, everything seems fine.
>
>This is what I have in inetd.conf:
>
>pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /opt/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
>net1.alma.ch /opt/qmail/bin/checkpassword /opt/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir
>
>(on 1 line of course)
>
>Adding "qmail-popup" before the hostname doesn't solve it. (If I remember
>correctly, it breaks the service)
>
>Changing "pop3" to "pop-3" breaks it as well, with another error I don't
>understand:
>
> Mar 7 14:41:36 net1 inetd[418]: pop-3/tcp: bind: Address already in use
>
>The system is a redhat 6.2, in case it matters.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Milivoj
>
