> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Delany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 12:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: qmail-pop3d not working?
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 12:08:54PM -0700, Steven Katz wrote:
> > I've installed qmail according to the LWQ instructions, and
> > qmail-pop3d according to faqts instructions
> > (http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/8225/fid/223).
> > At this point, I'm able to send mail only from the clients listed in
> > tcp.smtp. However, I'm unable to receive mail at any of the clients
> > (though I can see messages piling up in the Maildirs).
> >
> > My /qmail-pop3d/run file:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \
> > /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R 0 POP3 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \
> > idma.com /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1
> >
> > The FQDN (idma.com) is the same name that appears in /control/me,
> > locals, and rcpthosts. Is it acceptable for this to just be the domain
> > name, or do I need to include the hostname? Is that 'Maildir' that
> > follows the invocation of qmail-pop3d supposed to an absolute path?
> >
> > Thanks for any assistance you can offer.
>
> You need to give us a *lot* more information than "I'm unable to
> receive mail..."
>
> For example:
>
> 1. You haven't told us whether the tcpserver in your qmail-pop3d/run
> is running. Is it?
>
According to ps it is. Is there anything else I can use to verify that
it's running properly?
> 2. You haven't told us what happens when you try and connect to the
> POP port. What does happen?
>
My mail client reports the following:
Unable to connect to the server. (Account: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', POP3
Server: 'mail.idma.com', Error Number: 0x800ccc0e).
> 3. You haven't shown us what gets logged. What is logged?
>
Log files are being created in log/qmail/smtpd, but not in
log/qmail/pop3d. Does that provide a good clue?
>
> 4. Oh, and you haven't told us whether you followed instructions
> exactly when setting up qmail-pop3d/run. Do the instructions really
> say to use POP3 in uppercase?
>
I followed both the LWQ and the above mentioned faqts instructions
exactly, and double checked.
Thanks again.
Steven
>
> Regards.
>
