Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Wed, 13 Aug 1997, Curtis' test dude wrote: > Where do you find the virtual pop3d? vpop3d is part of the linuxconf distribution (see my signature). While vpop3d maybe used as a replacement for normal pop3d, using its "virtual" ability require some other utilities, including vdeliver and to make it simple, linuxconf to let you manage all this easily. Jacques Gelinas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linuxconf: The ultimate administration system for Linux. see http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf new development: dhcp, disk quota management, virtual email accounts -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
Where do you find the virtual pop3d? Curtis On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Jacques Gelinas wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > > > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files > > under even lightly loaded systems. > > I know that the standard POP-3 daemon (from BSD, used by slackware) is not > creating any session lock. So it is possible for a user to have to pop3d > session at once and this result in corrupt folder (in fact, often the mail > get duplicated). > > The problem is that sometime, user try to get their email and for > different reason are not patient enough and "try again". So mail program > then close the current POP session and start a new one. The original pop3d > take some time to close the connexion when it does some cleanup on the > incoming folder. This is enough time a new pop3d to start on the same > folder. Given there is not lock, some corruption exist. > > The virtual pop3d daemon (create with the original BSD pop3d daemon from > slackware) has a session lock to prevent this problem and may be used as a > replacement for standard pop3d. The lock stuff may be folded back in the > original pop3d very easily is someone needs that. > > > Jacques Gelinas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Linuxconf: The ultimate administration system for Linux. > see http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf > new development: dhcp, disk quota management, virtual email accounts > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Doug Ledford wrote: > > > > The URL is ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z ... > > It works fine, make sure you have the current one though, the older one > > asked the right way gives out root shells > > Even the latest one isn't perfect. The POP3 server included in this will > cause Netscape to generate "POP3 server error" messages when downloading > large emails (400K is usually large enough to cause the error). The qpopper > daemon does not exhibit this problem. I haven't looked into why, I just > know that it does. Thanks to both Alan and Doug for the information! It's nice to get information from a developer AND an experienced user of the networking code! I've learned a lot just by reading postings from both of you. Doug - I haven't noticed any problems with the toolkit's POP3 daemon, but we haven't had any 400K messages, either! If I start seeing POP3 server errors, I'll certainly try qpopper. Hopefully, I can ditch POP3 when our web browsers support IMAP4. Alan - First, thanks for your work on the Linux networking code! In your reply, I presume that you were referring to the bug in the IMAP toolkit that was announced on the linux-alert mailing list in April. Actually, that's where I heard that the beast was available, so I downloaded the fixed version. The imap.tar.Z on the ftp site is a symbolic link to the latest release, so, bugs aside, it should be safe from that security hole. DISCLAIMER: The comments above are my own and may not represent the views of my employer. +---+---+ : Geoffrey P. Goodrum : US Department of Commerce : : +1-301-457-5100 : NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Center : : [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Satellite Services Branch : +---+---+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files > under even lightly loaded systems. I know that the standard POP-3 daemon (from BSD, used by slackware) is not creating any session lock. So it is possible for a user to have to pop3d session at once and this result in corrupt folder (in fact, often the mail get duplicated). The problem is that sometime, user try to get their email and for different reason are not patient enough and "try again". So mail program then close the current POP session and start a new one. The original pop3d take some time to close the connexion when it does some cleanup on the incoming folder. This is enough time a new pop3d to start on the same folder. Given there is not lock, some corruption exist. The virtual pop3d daemon (create with the original BSD pop3d daemon from slackware) has a session lock to prevent this problem and may be used as a replacement for standard pop3d. The lock stuff may be folded back in the original pop3d very easily is someone needs that. Jacques Gelinas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Linuxconf: The ultimate administration system for Linux. see http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf new development: dhcp, disk quota management, virtual email accounts -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
> > The URL is ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z > > > > Also in the /mail directory is a discussion of pop vs imap. > > It works fine, make sure you have the current one though, the older one > asked the right way gives out root shells Even the latest one isn't perfect. The POP3 server included in this will cause Netscape to generate "POP3 server error" messages when downloading large emails (400K is usually large enough to cause the error). The qpopper daemon does not exhibit this problem. I haven't looked into why, I just know that it does. -- * * Doug Ledford * Unix, Novell, Dos, Windows 3.x, * * [EMAIL PROTECTED]873-DIAL * WfW, Windows 95 & NT Technician * * PPP access $14.95/month * * Springfield, MO and surrounding * Usenet news, e-mail and shell account.* * communities. Sign-up online at * Web page creation and hosting, other * * 873-9000 V.34 * services available, call for info.* * -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
> The URL is ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z > > Also in the /mail directory is a discussion of pop vs imap. It works fine, make sure you have the current one though, the older one asked the right way gives out root shells -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
Paul Miller wrote: > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail > files > under even lightly loaded systems. > > That seems to happens with an older version, I think that version 2.3 is quite good. I don't know if someone knows some bugs or problems. Pablo Godel -- - The International Website Construction Co. http://www.iwcc.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Miami --- Sao Paulo --- Buenos Aires --- Lima Web Advertizing and Design for the Latin American Market voice: (305) 461-4949 156 Almeria Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Sun, 10 Aug 1997, Paul Miller wrote: > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files > under even lightly loaded systems. FWIW, I prefer to use the latest IMAP4 daemon from the University of Washington. IMAP4 is an improvement over POP3, as it allows better management of messages in the remote mailbox. A POP3 daemon is also included in the package, though I don't have experience with other POP3 daemons to say whether it is better or not. IMAP4 isn't widely supported yet, so I use both on my system. The URL is ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/mail/imap.tar.Z Also in the /mail directory is a discussion of pop vs imap. DISCLAIMER: The comments above are my own and may not represent the views of my employer. +---+---+ : Geoffrey P. Goodrum : US Department of Commerce : : +1-301-457-5100 : NOAA/NESDIS National Climatic Data Center : : [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Satellite Services Branch : +---+---+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
Paul Miller wrote: > What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail > files > under even lightly loaded systems. > > That seems to happens with an older version, I think that version 2.3 is quite good. I don't know if someone knows some bugs or problems. Pablo Godel -- - The International Website Construction Co. http://www.iwcc.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Miami --- Sao Paulo --- Buenos Aires --- Lima Web Advertizing and Design for the Latin American Market voice: (305) 461-4949 156 Almeria Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA - -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: what is the best pop3d?
On Sun, Aug 10, 1997 at 01:20:44AM -0400, Paul Miller wrote: : What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files : under even lightly loaded systems. I've been seeing very good things from cucipop. It's in non-free. -- Jason Costomiris | Finger for PGP 2.6.2 Public Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "There is a fine line between idiocy My employers like me, but not| and genius. We aim to erase that line" enough to let me speak for them. | --Unknown http://www.jasons.org/~jcostom -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
what is the best pop3d?
What is the best pop3d? I've heard that qpopper can corrupt mail files under even lightly loaded systems. -Paul -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
