On Mon, 29 Oct 2001 22:16:51 -0700, Jason wrote:
>myBox = redhat 7.1
> running qpopper 3.1
>
>so if i telnet from the server to localhost, i can use normal
>user myname
>pass mypass
>and retrieve mail,
>
>But ( (
> when i try to connect from another machine either via telnet, all i see
>is the message that qpopper is starting, anything i enter comes back as
>error, unknown command
Most likely firewall, either netfilter, ipchains, or tcp_wrappers
(/etc/hosts.{allow,deny}). Immediately after connecting, type "ls -lt
/var/log | head -20" and watch what files appear at the top of the list
(ie. those that just changed). Then run tail on those files to look for
reports of firewall violations.
Ken
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