yeah, i seem to have got this baby working, re-ran the config like so:
./configure --enable-servermode --enable-specialauth reverse-lookup and **Boom** working like magic, i do believe that i may have not included specialauth - oops thanks for the help! -jason 'i will carry you kicking and screaming, and in the end... you will thank me' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randall Gellens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 7:03 PM Subject: Re: pop says 'starting' - getting error on commands At 1:26 PM -0700 10/30/01, Jason wrote: >here is output from a telnet session: >+OK QPOP (version 3.1) at mydomain.com starting. >-ERR Unknown command: ". >-ERR Unknown command: "user". >-ERR Unknown command: "pass". >-ERR Unknown command: "help". >-ERR Unknown command: "quit". Something very odd is going on if Qpopper isn't recognizing basic commands. I'd suggest installing Qpopper 4.0.3 and see if it helps. If not, turn on debug tracing (or use packet tracing) to see what is going on. > > >looking in the /var/log/maillog i see this that corresponds to the time i >try to telnet: > >Oct 30 12:11:28 mydomain popper[2170]: (v3.1) Unable to get canonical name >of client > >and when trying to use a email client: > >Oct 30 12:11:28 mydomain popper[2170]: (v3.1) Unable to get canonical name >of client x.x.x.x Unknown host (1) > >(x.x.x.x - my remote ip) > >does this sound familar to anyone? >i am guessing that my popper is trying to authenticate via my remote >host/ip - do i just need to allow all somewhere or ?? This is just a warning that the reverse lookup on your IP failed, probably because there is no PTR record or your DNS isn't available. It doesn't prevent the session from continuing. > >thanks in advance > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:16 PM >Subject: pop says 'starting' - getting error on commands > > >hey all, > running into some trouble pulling mail from qpopper > >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 > >hmmm? > >jason --
