Re: [expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-13 Thread Robert Fargher
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 11:38, you wrote: Since xinetd tries to check ident for a pop connection, I would suspect that it the problem, and with the linksys blocking wan requests it would drop the packet for the ident request, and xinetd would wait for it to time out. So the other option

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-13 Thread Thumper
On Tuesday 11 December 2001 08:34 am, you wrote: In /etc/xinet.d/ipop3, it says: service pop3 { disable = no socket_type = stream wait= no user= root server = /usr/sbin/ipop3d

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-11 Thread Thumper
Since xinetd tries to check ident for a pop connection, I would suspect that it the problem, and with the linksys blocking wan requests it would drop the packet for the ident request, and xinetd would wait for it to time out. So the other option is to change what xinetd tries to log for pop

[expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-10 Thread Robert Fargher
Hi folks, I've got a head scratcher here and I'd really like your help, please. The problem arose when we replaced a RedHat 6.2 server with a Mandrake 8.1 server. On the new Mandrake server, a few clients (out of about 400 or so) are now having difficultly POP'ing their mail where they

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-10 Thread Pierre Fortin
Robert Fargher wrote: I was at one client's machine this weekend, trying to figure out what is going on. He has one of those 4 port Linksys home router/NAT firewall units. If I bypass the Linksys router and connect the cable modem directly to his machine, the POP latency disappears

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the POP server

2001-12-10 Thread Thumper
On the filter page in the Linksys DSL router UNCHECK Block Wan Request. George [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 10 December 2001 10:31 am, you wrote: Hi folks, I've got a head scratcher here and I'd really like your help, please. The problem arose when we replaced a RedHat 6.2 server with a