The qpopper list archive ending on 21 Oct 1999


Topics covered in this issue include:

  1. RE: APOP/Outlook98 - secure authentication
       Steven Fletcher <stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk>
       Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:35:53 +0100
  2. Multiple Mail Boxes
       Clayton Burnham <cburnham at pe dot net>
       Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
  3. logging problems...
       Sys Admin <stacka at matrix.newpaltz dot edu>
       Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:25:12 -0400 (EDT)
  4. Re: logging problems...
       Carle Brisson <carle at vianet.on dot ca>
       Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:37:16 -0400 (EDT)
  5. Re: logging problems...
       "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
       Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:47:03 -0700
  6. Accounting
       "Alexander Waller" <a.waller at net.webpoint dot at>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:33:49 +0200
  7. RE: Accounting
       "Paul McHale" <pmchale at doubleesolutions dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:52:41 -0400
  8. Multiple Domains
       tonyk <tonyk at v-wave dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 01:30:28 -0600
  9. 2 bugs with qpopper 2.53 ?
       Gildas PERROT <perrot at FranceNet dot fr>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:53:40 +0200
 10. Performance issue
       "Angerbauer Guenther" <g.angerbauer at techcom dot at>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:12:30 +0200
 11. Re: changing password with Eudora
       Greg Tsigaridas <gregt at longwood.lwc dot edu>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
 12. Re: changing password with Eudora
       Alan Brown <alan at manawatu.gen dot nz>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 02:33:03 +1300 (NZDT)
 13. Re: Performance issue
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:50:42 -0400
 14. User Unknown
       Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:22:56 -0600
 15. Re: Performance issue
       Leonard Hermens <Leonard.Hermens at rcity dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 08:24:25 -0700
 16. Re: User Unknown
       "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:33:31 -0400 (EDT)
 17. socket error
       "Kurt Stailey" <kas at star3 dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:12:13 -0500
 18. RE: socket error
       Steven Fletcher <stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:20:02 +0100
 19. OT : wireless LAN
       "Benjamin Yang" <benjamin at npni dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:39:57 -0700
 20. Multiple email domains and user accounts ....
       Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:58:52 -0600
 21. Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....
       "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:30:49 -0400 (EDT)
 22. Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....
       Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:11:52 -0600
 23. Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:17:53 -0400
 24. Server Mode?
       Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:22:29 -0500 (CDT)
 25. Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....
       "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:33:03 -0400 (EDT)
 26. Server Mode? (fwd)
       Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:39:49 -0500 (CDT)
 27. Re: Server Mode? (fwd)
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:16:49 -0400
 28. Re: Server Mode? (fwd)
       "Phil Z." <philz at tisd dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:44:35 -0500
 29. Small question
       Philip Gabbert <gp at gpcentre dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:23:38 -0600
 30. RE: Small question
       "John Romero" <johnr at aisp dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:13:21 -0500
 31. 
       "Dooz Owings" <doozo at access1 dot net>
       Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:36:21 -0700
 32. Re: your mail
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:33:07 -0400
 33. IDENTD
       "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
 34. Re: IDENTD
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 11:02:19 -0400
 35. Out of the way..
       Arshad Saeed <arshad at super.net dot pk>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:46:17 +0500
 36. Re: Out of the way..
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:13:02 -0400
 37. Compiling Problems?
       Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:46:31 -0400
 38. qpopper 3.0 beta
        <gavin at imagine.math.ou dot edu>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:34:03 -0500 (CDT)
 39. Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)
       Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:41:59 -0500 (CDT)
 40. Re: Compiling Problems?
       Madhavi -Deleted- <madhavi at unx.dec dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:55:31 -0400
 41. Re: Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:02:17 -0400
 42. Re: Compiling Problems?
       Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:35:51 -0400
 43. User Authentication
       Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:44:54 -0400
 44. Re: User Authentication
       Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:54:34 -0400
 45. Re: User Authentication
       Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:42:03 -0400
 46. QPopper Not Working
       Hunter Hillegas <hhillegas at jacobstern dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:07:27 -0700
 47. QPopper Problem
       Hunter Hillegas <hhillegas at jacobstern dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:17:21 -0700
 48. Re: Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)
       Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:29:13 -0500 (CDT)
 49. 3.0b18 source RPM for Red Hat Linux (was:: Compiling Problems?)
       "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:11:06 -0700
 50. Re: 3.0b18 source RPM for Red Hat Linux (was:: Compiling Problems?)
       "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
       Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:20:22 -0700

From: Steven Fletcher <stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk>
Subject: RE: APOP/Outlook98 - secure authentication
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 10:35:53 +0100

Read the file INSTALL that came with Qpopper.

Steven Fletcher
stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul McHale [mailto:pmchale at doubleesolutions dot com]
> Sent: 19 October 1999 07:29
> To: Subscribers of Qpopper
> Subject: APOP/Outlook98 - secure authentication
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am currently using Cucipop for my pop3 server and Outlook98 
> for my pop3
> client.  How do I configure QPopper to use APOP?  How do I configure
> Outlook98 to securely get my mail?  How do I know if it is?
> 
> Thanks for the help,
> 
> -paul
> 
> 
> -****************************************************
>    Double E Solutions     Attn: Paul McHale
>    4912 Effingham Dayton, Ohio 45431
>    pmchale at doubleesolutions dot com
> 
>    Work:   937-253-7610
>    Mobile: 937-371-2828
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> 
> 


Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 12:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Clayton Burnham <cburnham at pe dot net>
Subject: Multiple Mail Boxes

Has anyone modified qpopper to recognize multiple mail boxes (like
Joe.Bob at mail dot net) where joe at mail dot net would be the main account? And if so
were you able to implement passwords so Bob could not read Joe's mail?

Thanks,

-------------------------------------------------------
 Clayton A. Burnham		       cburnham at PE dot net
 System Administrator, PE.net	       (909)  320-7814
------------ The Press-Enterprise Company -------------


Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:25:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sys Admin <stacka at matrix.newpaltz dot edu>
Subject: logging problems...

-bonehead question.  i can't get qpopper to log pop requests.  I did as
the README/INSTALL file says (add the string -DDEBUG after the DEFS in
Makefile) before compiling.  I played with syslog.conf for while no luck.

also change inetd.conf to include 'popper -s' 

any help would be appreciated.






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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:37:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Carle Brisson <carle at vianet.on dot ca>
Subject: Re: logging problems...

> -bonehead question.  i can't get qpopper to log pop requests.  I did as
> the README/INSTALL file says (add the string -DDEBUG after the DEFS in
> Makefile) before compiling.  I played with syslog.conf for while no luck.
> 
> also change inetd.conf to include 'popper -s' 

'popper -d -s'

/--------/ Carle Brisson [carle at vianet.on dot ca] /--------/


From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 16:47:03 -0700
Subject: Re: logging problems...

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 15:25:12 -0400 (EDT), Sys Admin wrote:

>-bonehead question.  i can't get qpopper to log pop requests.  I did as
>the README/INSTALL file says (add the string -DDEBUG after the DEFS in
>Makefile) before compiling.  I played with syslog.conf for while no luck.
>
>also change inetd.conf to include 'popper -s' 

I didn't define -DDEBUG, and I'm getting logging of each mailbox check
in my /var/log/messages file. Note that qpopper logs to facility
LOG_LOCAL0, not LOG_MAIL, by default. (See popper.h in the source.)
That keeps the POP3 noise out of your sendmail logs.

Ken
mailto:shiva at well dot com
http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
http://www.215Now.com/



From: "Alexander Waller" <a.waller at net.webpoint dot at>
Subject: Accounting
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:33:49 +0200

Hi !
I have to account the traffic, mail makes. Does anyone know a tool to do
this. I need it as soon as possible.
Tnx for your help.

Alex.

+------------------------------------------+
+ Alex Waller                              +
+ WebPoint                                 +
+ Internet-Services                        +
+ A-6840 G–tzis                            +
+ Tel. +43 5523 58244                      +
+ Fax  +43 5523 58255                      +
+ Mobil +43 676 4121128                    +
+ http://www.webpoint.at                   +
+------------------------------------------+



From: "Paul McHale" <pmchale at doubleesolutions dot com>
Subject: RE: Accounting
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:52:41 -0400

Alex,

If you are using exim, it's pretty easy.  Go into /etc/cont.daily.  These
are the tasks that cron executes once a day.  In that directory is an exim
(script) file.  In /etc/cont.daily/exim, uncomment the following:

# Uncomment the following lines to get daily e-mail reports
if [ -x /usr/sbin/eximstats ]; then
  eximstats </var/log/exim/mainlog \
                    | mail pmchale -s"Daily E-Mail Activity Report"
#                    | mail postmaster -s"Daily E-Mail Activity Report"
fi

Don't forget to change the mailto address.  I changed postmaster to pmchale
and now it mails the output of eximstats to me.  So far, this works great.
If you man eximstats, it will explain how it parses to log file.

I also added:

cat /var/log/exim/rejectlog | mail pmchale -s"Daily Reject Log"

This mails me the reject log everyday as well.  This way I get to see
potential problems with automated clients like windows syslog.  This is a
little over kill as it may be empty.  If someone has a way to detect an
empty file, that would be nice.  I think we can do something with "if [ -",
but I haven't looked it up.  Any ideas welcome !


-paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Waller [mailto:a.waller at net.webpoint dot at]
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:34 AM
To: Subscribers of Qpopper
Subject: Accounting


Hi !
I have to account the traffic, mail makes. Does anyone know a tool to do
this. I need it as soon as possible.
Tnx for your help.

Alex.

+------------------------------------------+
+ Alex Waller                              +
+ WebPoint                                 +
+ Internet-Services                        +
+ A-6840 G–tzis                            +
+ Tel. +43 5523 58244                      +
+ Fax  +43 5523 58255                      +
+ Mobil +43 676 4121128                    +
+ http://www.webpoint.at                   +
+------------------------------------------+




Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 01:30:28 -0600
From: tonyk <tonyk at v-wave dot com>
Subject: Multiple Domains

Hi,
I have multiple domains on the pop server, and have it working purely off
of the virtualusertable.  All the users on the primary domain name (ie.
pop.domain1.com) work fine, because when you connect to the mail server it
says blablabla while talking to pop.domain1.com...   now when I try and
check another domain's email at pop.domain2.com, then it connects to
pop.domain1.com and says user not found.  Now why is it checking the
primary pop everytime?  ...  I set the sendmail.cw file to have all of the
domains, but its not working...   Any hints / tips / answers? :)



-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
	Tony Kim
	Visual Design & Network Analyst
	780-441-3251      1-888-799-2500
	http://www.canadashop.com
	http://www.csm-systems.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 

Subject: 2 bugs with qpopper 2.53 ?
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:53:40 +0200
From: Gildas PERROT <perrot at FranceNet dot fr>

Hi,

I am using qpopper 2.53 on BSD/OS 3.1 server with bulletins configured (-b 
/var/spool/bulls and ~.popbull created). The mail is only delivered by 
sendmail in a local filesystem.

I noticed 2 problems which occur sometimes :

1) some mailbox are corrupted ("Unable to process From lines (envelope), 
change recognition modes"). I know that I can edit the mailbox to correct that 
but this can't be a solution for a host with thousands of mailboxes. My 
questions are :
  - what is the cause of that corruption and how can I avoided it ?
  - is there a script I can run to clean a corrupted mailbox ?

2) sometimes, when reading a mailbox after a new bulletin is added, that 
bulletin is appended to the last message without a separating blank line (it 
just occurs for certain mailbox so it is not due to the bulletin itself). The 
result is that the bulletin is not seen by qpopper as a separate message but 
as text appended to the last message. My question is :
   - what is the cause of that bug and how to avoid it ?

Thanks in advance for your help.			Gildas.
-- 
Gildas PERROT, perrot at francenet dot fr         __o
FranceNet, 28 rue Desaix, 75015 Paris ---_ \<,_
http://www.francenet.fr            ---- (_)/ (_)



From: "Angerbauer Guenther" <g.angerbauer at techcom dot at>
Subject: Performance issue
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:12:30 +0200

Hi there

We have a mailserver with 8000 users and qpopper / sendmail running.

We have now spourious delays (up to 2 minutes) when connecting to the server
(also with telnet).

My questions are:
- Are there any design recommendations for qpopper + sendmail regarding the
server hardware (CPU, memory, ..) because
I want to know whether looking for a LAN problem or a hardware bottleneck on
the server.
- What machines do you have for which number of users.


Our server hardware:
SunOS mail 5.6 Generic_105181-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC (upaid 0 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 167 MHz)
SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-12 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
mem = 524288K (0x20000000)


Thanks for your experience.

Guenther Angerbauer





Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:30:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Greg Tsigaridas <gregt at longwood.lwc dot edu>
Subject: Re: changing password with Eudora

We have this same problem on HP-UX 10.20 Trusted System.  Users can check
their mail with Eudora, but are unable to change their password.

There has to be *somebody* out there that has a workaround for this...

Greg


On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Nick Marouf wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I installed qpoper 2.53 on a digital unix OSF1 machine that has enhanced
> security enabled.
> I installed using the special auth option with configure. and got it to
> work fine for telneting into the machine and also for checking mail
> the main problem that I am facing is that when I try to change the user
> password from Eudora it says password mismatch. however changing the
> password from the shell command is no problem. However not all users
> have shell accounts. and eduora or the web is their only way of doing
> this.
> 
> 


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 02:33:03 +1300 (NZDT)
From: Alan Brown <alan at manawatu.gen dot nz>
Subject: Re: changing password with Eudora

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Greg Tsigaridas wrote:

> We have this same problem on HP-UX 10.20 Trusted System.  Users can check
> their mail with Eudora, but are unable to change their password.
> 
> There has to be *somebody* out there that has a workaround for this...

Make sure the password sequence matches what's compiled into the
port 106 password changing program. If it doesn't, change and recompile.

AB



Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:50:42 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: Performance issue

> We have now spourious delays (up to 2 minutes) when connecting to the server
> (also with telnet).

This strongly indicates a DNS issue - check your /etc/resolv.conf
and /etc/nsswitch.conf and verify all your nameservers listed in 
resolv.conf are up, running, and accessible.  Also do the same for
the NIS/NIS+ masters if you use that.

You might want to get the current beta of 3.0 (we run b18 here no
problems at all) and disable reverse DNS lookups.  If you do that,
make sure your TCP Wrappers are not doing it anyhow.

> I want to know whether looking for a LAN problem or a hardware 
> bottleneck on the server.

Most likely the LAN.

> - What machines do you have for which number of users.

We ran a 12k userbase pop/shell/user homepage server on one like yours,
with half the RAM.  It worked ok.  Now it is:
SunOS junior.apk.net 5.7 Generic_106541-05 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2
with 1/4gb of RAM and seems quite ok.  It is quite IO-bound, but we
do software RAID 0+1.  When we separate shell back to our ultra1 we
will go server-mode and that should take care of everything.

> Our server hardware:
> SunOS mail 5.6 Generic_105181-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
> cpu0: SUNW,UltraSPARC (upaid 0 impl 0x10 ver 0x40 clock 167 MHz)
> SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-12 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
> mem = 524288K (0x20000000)

Show us your disk layout - do you stripe disks, do you do raid5 or any
other redundant system?  Use `iostat -x` to show you which disks are
slowing you down.  Use `top` and `sar` (enable it in the crontab for
user 'sys') to see where your problems are with the machine.  But for
now it is the LAN and DNS servers most probably.
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:22:56 -0600
From: Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
Subject: User Unknown

Hi, I use a virtual user table that has multiple domains in it... 
I will explain below how the virtualusertable looks like.

tonyk at primarydomain.com	group1 dot tonyk
user2 at primarydomain.com	group2 dot user2
tonyk at theotherdomain.com	group1 dot tonyk

user2 at theotherdomain.com	group2 dot user2
user3 at theotherdomain.com	group2 dot user3

etc etc etc

I set the account names (adduser) to group.username  ....  then in the
virtualusertable, the email addresses point to those user accounts.

If I send an email to the tonyk at primarydomain dot com or
tonyk at theotherdomain dot com, then it works because the systems recognizes that
the name exists because its on the primary domain name account....

IF I try to send an email to someone at theotherdomain.com WITHOUT them
having the same email at primarydomain.com  THEN the email bounces back to
me saying that the user does not exist...

So if I sent it to user2 at theotherdomain dot com it WORKS, but if I send it to
user3 at theotherdomain dot com it bounces back saying that the user DOES NOT
exist.... 

Can someone "throw me a fricken bone here" ???

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
	Tony Kim
	Visual Design & Network Analyst
	780-441-3251      1-888-799-2500
	http://www.canadashop.com
	http://www.csm-systems.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 08:24:25 -0700
From: Leonard Hermens <Leonard.Hermens at rcity dot com>
Subject: Re: Performance issue

At 10:50 AM -0400 10/20/99, Tomasz Orzechowski wrote:
> > We have now spourious delays (up to 2 minutes) when connecting to 
>the server
> > (also with telnet).

Also check to see if a few users have a large (100 meg or so) mail 
spool left on the server. If a user is trying to connect while one or 
two users are accessing a spool this large, the disk IO is enough to 
slow most everyone else down.

-- Leonard


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:33:31 -0400 (EDT)
From: "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
Subject: Re: User Unknown

Hi,

> tonyk at theotherdomain.com	group1 dot tonyk
> user2 at theotherdomain.com	group2 dot user2
> user3 at theotherdomain.com	group2 dot user3
> So if I sent it to user2 at theotherdomain dot com it WORKS, but if I send it to
> user3 at theotherdomain dot com it bounces back saying that the user DOES NOT
> exist.... 

Sounds like you need a "catchall" line like this:

@theotherdomain.com	group1.tonyk

Then all "unknown" users emails will be sent to group1.tonyk and not
bounce back.  Actually it is often desirable for "unknown user" email to
bounce because sender then knows they made a typo.  Depends on your
preference.

regards
Mike


From: "Kurt Stailey" <kas at star3 dot com>
Subject: socket error
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:12:13 -0500

I am getting this error in my maillog on Redhat Linux 5.2. I cannot find any
reason for this message. Has anyone seen this before, and if so, what was
the fix???

mail in.qpopper[15463]: Unable to obtain socket and address of client, err =
107


Sorry if this is a basic question, but its driving me crazy!!!!

Thanks in advance.

Kurt


From: Steven Fletcher <stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk>
Subject: RE: socket error
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:20:02 +0100

You are running qpopper via inetd, aren't you?

Steven Fletcher
stevenf at shellnet.co dot uk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Stailey [mailto:kas at star3 dot com]
> Sent: 20 October 1999 17:12
> To: Subscribers of Qpopper
> Subject: socket error
> 
> 
> I am getting this error in my maillog on Redhat Linux 5.2. I 
> cannot find any
> reason for this message. Has anyone seen this before, and if 
> so, what was
> the fix???
> 
> mail in.qpopper[15463]: Unable to obtain socket and address 
> of client, err =
> 107
> 
> 
> Sorry if this is a basic question, but its driving me crazy!!!!
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kurt
> 
> 


From: "Benjamin Yang" <benjamin at npni dot net>
Subject: OT : wireless LAN
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:39:57 -0700

Hi all,

i found interesting tech.
wireless LAN info is www.magicwireless.com



Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:58:52 -0600
From: Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
Subject: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....

Hi.. I sent out a couple emails before on this topic, so I will clarify the
situation as much as possible...

I have 3 domains...  for demonstrations purposes they will be domain1,
domain2, and domain3.

I am also using qpopper and sendmail in redhat linux.

Each of the domains are used by different companies and need their own
separate email.  This means that an email can exist on one domain, but not
on the other.

The way I have this set up is like the following.
If I have a company called A, a company called B, and a company called C,
then this is what I did to configure this...

I adduser a.user1, a.user2, a.user3, b.user1, b.user2, b.user3, c.user1,
c.user2, and c.user3.

now all of these users are created on the system....  rather than setting
their email to be a.user1 at domain1 dot com I just want it to be user1 at domain dot com.

So in my virtualusertable i did the following:

user1 at domain1 dot com                       a.user1
user2 at domain1 dot com                       a.user2
user3 at domain1 dot com                       a.user3

user1 at domain2 dot com                       b.user1
user2 at domain2 dot com                       b.user2
user3 at domain2 dot com                       b.user3

user1 at domain3 dot com                       b.user1
user2 at domain3 dot com                       b.user2
user3 at domain3 dot com                       b.user3

So if I send a mail to user1 at domain1 dot com it should put the mail into
a.user1 mail account, and user1 at domain2 dot com into b.user1 , etc, etc ,etc...

Now when I send an email to user1 at domain1 dot com, the email works 100%
fine...the only problem with this is that when I send an email to
user1 at domain2 dot com, the popserver returns the error code that the user does
not exist, when infact I know that it exists for sure!

How do I correct this problem???

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
	Tony Kim
	Visual Design & Network Analyst
	780-441-3251      1-888-799-2500

	Suite 900 - First Edmonton Place
	10665 Jasper Avenue
	Edmonton, AB
	T5J 3S9
	Canada

	http://www.canadashop.com
	http://www.csm-systems.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:30:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
Subject: Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....

Hi,

> Now when I send an email to user1 at domain1 dot com, the email works 100%
> fine...the only problem with this is that when I send an email to
> user1 at domain2 dot com, the popserver returns the error code that the user does
> not exist, when infact I know that it exists for sure!

If the system is complaining about "b.user1 does not exist" and assuming
you are using the standard UNIX/RedHat Linux methods then first check
these: (I suspect you have done so already) you should see a line for
b.user1 in /etc/passwd, in /etc/group and /etc/shadow (if you are using
shadow) and you should see a file /var/spool/mail/b.user1

Also be sure that the entries in /etc/passwd are all valid, i.e. the
stated home dir exists and they are using a valid shell.

If all these are true then also check that your login (UNIX) usernames are
no longer than 8 characters (some systems behave strangely if usernames
are 9 chars or longer)

just a couple of suggestions ...

regards
Mike


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 14:11:52 -0600
From: Tony Kim <tonyk at canadashop dot com>
Subject: Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....

Ya all of those are correct....  now the thing is ALL of the domain1 stuff
work, and if I add something like this
user1 at domain1.com			b dot user1

that works BECAUSE it is on the primary domain....
I REALLY can't get this to work, and it keeps bouncing back user not found
and I KNOW the user accounts exist...


At 03:30 PM 10/20/99 -0400, A. M. Salim wrote:
>Hi,
>
>> Now when I send an email to user1 at domain1 dot com, the email works 100%
>> fine...the only problem with this is that when I send an email to
>> user1 at domain2 dot com, the popserver returns the error code that the user does
>> not exist, when infact I know that it exists for sure!
>
>If the system is complaining about "b.user1 does not exist" and assuming
>you are using the standard UNIX/RedHat Linux methods then first check
>these: (I suspect you have done so already) you should see a line for
>b.user1 in /etc/passwd, in /etc/group and /etc/shadow (if you are using
>shadow) and you should see a file /var/spool/mail/b.user1
>
>Also be sure that the entries in /etc/passwd are all valid, i.e. the
>stated home dir exists and they are using a valid shell.
>
>If all these are true then also check that your login (UNIX) usernames are
>no longer than 8 characters (some systems behave strangely if usernames
>are 9 chars or longer)
>
>just a couple of suggestions ...
>
>regards
>Mike


-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
	Tony Kim
	Visual Design & Network Analyst
	780-441-3251      1-888-799-2500

	Suite 900 - First Edmonton Place
	10665 Jasper Avenue
	Edmonton, AB
	T5J 3S9
	Canada

	http://www.canadashop.com
	http://www.csm-systems.com
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:17:53 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....

Tony Kim wrote on Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 02:11:52PM -0600:i
> Ya all of those are correct....  now the thing is ALL of the domain1 stuff
> work, and if I add something like this
> user1 at domain1.com			b dot user1
> 
> that works BECAUSE it is on the primary domain....
> I REALLY can't get this to work, and it keeps bouncing back user not found
> and I KNOW the user accounts exist...

Show us the bounce.  If it is not 'user unknown' but something about
'MX loop' then read about Cw and /etc/sendmail.cw
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:22:29 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Subject: Server Mode?

Load has been getting high on one of our mail servers where we'll have
several people popping mail at the same time and at least one of them has
5+ meg of mail.

I don't have anywhere to test out qpopper with Server Mode in a high load 
situation, so does anyone have any suggestions, warnings, tips about using
it?  Should I stick with 2.53 or brave the newest beta?

This is a Linux 2.0.35 machine, a PII400 with 128 meg of ram running what
was originally Slack 3.3

I've cut down the timeout to 60, moved the .login.pop dir from
/var/spool/mail to /var/spool/poptemp  Helped a little, but not
enough.  The local delivery agent is procmail and the mta is sendmail
8.9.3  I'm not prepared to try out the home directory /m/ma/mark type
setup at this point, but I obviously will if need be.

Any insight would be much appreciated.

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:33:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
Subject: Re: Multiple email domains and user accounts ....

one more thing to check:

/etc/sendmail.cw

must have a line for each domain like this:

domain1.com
domain2.net
domain3.co.uk

etc.

be sure to resresh sendmail (stop and start) after editing sendmail.cw


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:39:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Subject: Server Mode? (fwd)

BTW, there are about 5K mail accounts on this machine.

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Organization: InterLink L.C.
To: Subscribers of Qpopper <qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:22:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Server Mode?

Load has been getting high on one of our mail servers where we'll have
several people popping mail at the same time and at least one of them has
5+ meg of mail.

I don't have anywhere to test out qpopper with Server Mode in a high load 
situation, so does anyone have any suggestions, warnings, tips about using
it?  Should I stick with 2.53 or brave the newest beta?

This is a Linux 2.0.35 machine, a PII400 with 128 meg of ram running what
was originally Slack 3.3

I've cut down the timeout to 60, moved the .login.pop dir from
/var/spool/mail to /var/spool/poptemp  Helped a little, but not
enough.  The local delivery agent is procmail and the mta is sendmail
8.9.3  I'm not prepared to try out the home directory /m/ma/mark type
setup at this point, but I obviously will if need be.

Any insight would be much appreciated.

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:16:49 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: Server Mode? (fwd)

> I don't have anywhere to test out qpopper with Server Mode in a high load 
> situation, so does anyone have any suggestions, warnings, tips about using
> it?  Should I stick with 2.53 or brave the newest beta?

3b18 is great for us, albeit without server-mode.  I know two places
who use it with server-mode and praise it.

If pop3 is the only way your people will access their mail, you will be
fine.  If they have shell/imap/etc. access then you might not, if they
have multiple accesses at the same time (one via pop, one via imap) and
change their mailbox somehow.

> This is a Linux 2.0.35 machine, a PII400 with 128 meg of ram running what
> was originally Slack 3.3

I'll assume it is SCSI.  Might want to consider redoing the FS layout and
striping (RAID 0+1 perhaps)

> enough.  The local delivery agent is procmail and the mta is sendmail
> 8.9.3  I'm not prepared to try out the home directory /m/ma/mark type
> setup at this point, but I obviously will if need be.

Relatively easy, will get harder with more users - do it asap, you'll
be glad you did.
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 16:44:35 -0500
From: "Phil Z." <philz at tisd dot net>
Subject: Re: Server Mode? (fwd)

I use server mode on 3.0b18 and it works great with about 12k users. But
if you have an old slackware installation like I did I would suggest
updating your procmail before you start with server mode. I had a hell
of a time with the old "droping the "F" from the "From" lines and the
procmail update fixed it.

Best Regards

Phil Z.
  


Jason Englander wrote:
> 
> BTW, there are about 5K mail accounts on this machine.
> 
>   Jason
> 
> --
> Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
> Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
> Organization: InterLink L.C.
> To: Subscribers of Qpopper <qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
> Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:22:29 -0500 (CDT)
> Subject: Server Mode?
> 
> Load has been getting high on one of our mail servers where we'll have
> several people popping mail at the same time and at least one of them has
> 5+ meg of mail.
> 
> I don't have anywhere to test out qpopper with Server Mode in a high load
> situation, so does anyone have any suggestions, warnings, tips about using
> it?  Should I stick with 2.53 or brave the newest beta?
> 
> This is a Linux 2.0.35 machine, a PII400 with 128 meg of ram running what
> was originally Slack 3.3
> 
> I've cut down the timeout to 60, moved the .login.pop dir from
> /var/spool/mail to /var/spool/poptemp  Helped a little, but not
> enough.  The local delivery agent is procmail and the mta is sendmail
> 8.9.3  I'm not prepared to try out the home directory /m/ma/mark type
> setup at this point, but I obviously will if need be.
> 
> Any insight would be much appreciated.
> 
>   Jason
> 
> --
> Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
> Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 20:23:38 -0600
Subject: Small question
From: Philip Gabbert <gp at gpcentre dot net>

I'm just wanting to know everybody's opinion on QPopper 3.0b18?

I'm installing QPopper on my server, and I want to know if I should stick
with 2.53 or if 3.0b18 is good enough to go ahead and start from there, and
just update it as relases come out..

Thnx.. 

Philip


From: "John Romero" <johnr at aisp dot net>
Subject: RE: Small question
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 22:13:21 -0500

Phil, I installed it two days ago, and it has resolved a 'canonical name'
error we were getting on our mail server using 2.53.  So far so good.

John Romero
john.romero at cardinalservices dot com


|-----Original Message-----
|From: Philip Gabbert [mailto:gp at gpcentre dot net]
|Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:24 PM
|To: Subscribers of Qpopper
|Subject: Small question
|
|
|I'm just wanting to know everybody's opinion on QPopper 3.0b18?
|
|I'm installing QPopper on my server, and I want to know if I should stick
|with 2.53 or if 3.0b18 is good enough to go ahead and start from there, and
|just update it as relases come out..
|
|Thnx..
|
|Philip
|


From: "Dooz Owings" <doozo at access1 dot net>
Subject: 
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 23:36:21 -0700

How does qpopper read a user name and password from a second domain on the
same mail server? What happens if domain 1 has a billy@domain_a, and domain
B has a billy@domain_b. I know sendmail will catch the mail but popper has
to have a different dir for the second billy.. What am I missing?


                                                                   Dooz
Owings


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:33:07 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: your mail

Dooz Owings wrote on Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:36:21PM -0700:i
> How does qpopper read a user name and password from a second domain on the
> same mail server? What happens if domain 1 has a billy@domain_a, and domain
> B has a billy@domain_b. I know sendmail will catch the mail but popper has
> to have a different dir for the second billy.. What am I missing?

The difference between an email address and a UNIX username - they 
are NOT the same thing by no means.

Hint - the mail for billy@dom_a can go to user billy and mail for
billy@domain_b can go to user billyb.
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 10:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
From: "A. M. Salim" <salim at localweb dot com>
Subject: IDENTD

Hi,

Anyone know the role of IDENT packets?  We see tons of these aimed at our
mailserver from all over the place, seems like some mail clients are
habitually sending these?  We have been running with identd switched off
in inetd for a long long time

Mike Salim.



Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 11:02:19 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: IDENTD

> Anyone know the role of IDENT packets?  We see tons of these aimed at our
> mailserver from all over the place, seems like some mail clients are
> habitually sending these?  We have been running with identd switched off
> in inetd for a long long time

Way off base, but MTAs like sendmail request an ident reply from the remote
site - so when your MTA connects to a remote sendmail it will generate a
ident request.
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 22:46:17 +0500
From: Arshad Saeed <arshad at super.net dot pk>
Subject: Out of the way..

Sorry technical guys for asking such a irrelvant question on this list
..but I thought somebody could help me.

Q) Is there any possibility in unix (any flavour of Linux specially
slakware) that I can have 7000 users with quota implemented. Is there
any restriction concerning quota..I need to limit my users's email to
3MB quota..

Thanks




Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:13:02 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: Out of the way..

Arshad Saeed wrote on Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 10:46:17PM +0500:i
> Sorry technical guys for asking such a irrelvant question on this list
> ..but I thought somebody could help me.
> 
> Q) Is there any possibility in unix (any flavour of Linux specially
> slakware) that I can have 7000 users with quota implemented. Is there
> any restriction concerning quota..I need to limit my users's email to
> 3MB quota..

Should not be any problem.  We have ~16k people with quotas, although
on Solaris (and Sol7 sucks with turning quotas on at boot...).
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:46:31 -0400
From: Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
Subject: Compiling Problems?

Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting up POP3 servers.  I am
having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?

--
Cheers,

Derek



Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:34:03 -0500 (CDT)
From:  <gavin at imagine.math.ou dot edu>
Subject: qpopper 3.0 beta

I am trying to set up qpopper for use, but there seems to be
a problem with it on the systems I have tried it on.  I have enabled APOP.
I also wanted to allow user/pass.  The problem is that when the server is
returning from a the user command, it is not setting the state correctly
and is therefor not recognizing the pass command.  Would this have to do
with my system?  Have I misunderstodd something? Noone else seems to have
this prolem.  The sysem is runnig slackware linux 4.0.
Thanks
gavin


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 13:41:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Subject: Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)

Thanks to all who replied.  I've got 3.0b18 running with server mode and
-s -T 60 -R and I upgraded Procmail to 3.13.1 and all seems to be well
thus far.

Short of upping the machine to 256 meg of RAM (swap is ok right now,
don't want to go there yet) and re-partitioning the drive and/or adding a
2nd SCSI drive, now I'm going to ponder using the /m/ma/mark directory 
structure.  Unfortunately procmail is more or less pre-configured for
/m/a/mark and I'm no C programmer...  Has anyone used /m/ma/mark with it?

I'll have to repartition or get another drive before I can use it, but at
least I'll be ready to go if/when I get there.

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Organization: InterLink L.C.
To: Subscribers of Qpopper <qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 15:22:29 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Server Mode?

Load has been getting high on one of our mail servers where we'll have
several people popping mail at the same time and at least one of them has
5+ meg of mail.

I don't have anywhere to test out qpopper with Server Mode in a high load 
situation, so does anyone have any suggestions, warnings, tips about using
it?  Should I stick with 2.53 or brave the newest beta?

This is a Linux 2.0.35 machine, a PII400 with 128 meg of ram running what
was originally Slack 3.3

I've cut down the timeout to 60, moved the .login.pop dir from
/var/spool/mail to /var/spool/poptemp  Helped a little, but not
enough.  The local delivery agent is procmail and the mta is sendmail
8.9.3  I'm not prepared to try out the home directory /m/ma/mark type
setup at this point, but I obviously will if need be.

Any insight would be much appreciated.

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:55:31 -0400
From: Madhavi -Deleted- <madhavi at unx.dec dot com>
Subject: Re: Compiling Problems?

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Thats al right, evry one is dumb till you learn it cheer up!
After you execute .configure,
You exceute 'make'

If you are running qpopper3.1X the object files and the executables are
created under the directory subdirectory popper, if its the 2.53 version,
you will see the object files and the executables created in the same
directory.

ls -l | grep x
the executable of popper is 'popper.
Install this under /usr/sbin or where ever you find the other daemons of
Linux installed.
Then change the permissions to make it executable.
To test it:
----------

   * Send mail to a user on the system you have installed(may be you or a
     test user)
   * Telnet <systemname> 110
   * supply user and password  of user and see of you can execute the pOP3
     commands,
   * refer to RFC 1939 and 2449 for the commands

                 Hope this helps
                     -madhavi


Derek Peczeniuk wrote:

> Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting up POP3 servers.  I am
> having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
> and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
> can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Derek



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|   compaq computer corporation         \        /  Phone:(732)-577-6190     |
|   200 Route 9 North                   (  . .   ) Fax :(732)-577-6003       |
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Thats al right, evry one is dumb till you learn it cheer up!
<BR>After you execute .configure,
<BR>You exceute 'make'

<P>If you are running qpopper3.1X the object files and the executables
are created under the directory subdirectory popper, if its the 2.53 version,
you will see the object files and the executables created in the same directory.

<P>ls -l | grep x
<BR>the executable of popper is 'popper.
<BR>Install this under /usr/sbin or where ever you find the other daemons
of Linux installed.
<BR>Then change the permissions to make it executable.
<BR>To test it:
<BR>----------
<UL>
<LI>
Send mail to a user on the system you have installed(may be you or a test
user)</LI>

<LI>
Telnet <systemname> 110</LI>

<LI>
supply user and password  of user and see of you can execute the pOP3
commands,</LI>

<LI>
refer to RFC 1939 and 2449 for the commands</LI>
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Hope this helps
<BR>                    
-madhavi
<BR> 

<P>Derek Peczeniuk wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting
up POP3 servers.  I am
<BR>having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
<BR>and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
<BR>can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?

<P>--
<BR>Cheers,

<P>Derek</BLOCKQUOTE>
 
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|   compaq computer corporation         \        /  Phone:(732)-577-6190     |
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:02:17 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)

> 2nd SCSI drive, now I'm going to ponder using the /m/ma/mark directory 
> structure.  Unfortunately procmail is more or less pre-configured for
> /m/a/mark and I'm no C programmer...  Has anyone used /m/ma/mark with it?
> 
> I'll have to repartition or get another drive before I can use it, but at
> least I'll be ready to go if/when I get there.

Setting up procmail for something like homedir mailspools is described
in the procmail readme and/or FAQs, it's relatively easy.
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:35:51 -0400
From: Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
Subject: Re: Compiling Problems?

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Ok, it created the executable in the popper directory so I did the rest
(moved it to /usr/sbin) and edited my /etc/inetd.conf file but it
doesn't seem to run it (i made it executable too) cause it says
'Connection Refused' when I try to telnet to port 110..  When I run make
it also gives me a couple of warnings:

pop_send.c: In function `pop_send':
pop_send.c:259: warning: passing arg 1 of `header_mucker_init' from
incompatible pointer type
gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce
-fpcc-struct-return  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_stat.c -o
pop_stat.o
gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce
-fpcc-struct-return  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_updt.c -o
pop_updt.o
gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce
-fpcc-struct-return  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_user.c -o
pop_user.o
pop_user.c:210: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit
declaration
pop_user.c:74: warning: previous implicit declaration of
`downcase_uname'
pop_user.c:210: warning: `downcase_uname' was previously implicitly
declared to return `int'

I don't know if this is the reason why its not working..?

Madhavi -Deleted- wrote:

>  Thats al right, evry one is dumb till you learn it cheer up!
> After you execute .configure,
> You exceute 'make'
>
> If you are running qpopper3.1X the object files and the executables
> are created under the directory subdirectory popper, if its the 2.53
> version, you will see the object files and the executables created in
> the same directory.
>
> ls -l | grep x
> the executable of popper is 'popper.
> Install this under /usr/sbin or where ever you find the other daemons
> of Linux installed.
> Then change the permissions to make it executable.
> To test it:
> ----------
>
>    * Send mail to a user on the system you have installed(may be you
>      or a test user)
>    * Telnet <systemname> 110
>    * supply user and password  of user and see of you can execute the
>      pOP3 commands,
>    * refer to RFC 1939 and 2449 for the commands
>
>                  Hope this helps
>                      -madhavi
>
>
> Derek Peczeniuk wrote:
>
>> Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting up POP3 servers.  I
>> am
>> having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run
>> ./configure
>> and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and
>> how
>> can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Derek
>
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Ok, it created the executable in the popper directory so I did the rest
(moved it to /usr/sbin) and edited my /etc/inetd.conf file but it doesn't
seem to run it (i made it executable too) cause it says 'Connection Refused'
when I try to telnet to port 110..  When I run make it also gives
me a couple of warnings:
<p>pop_send.c: In function `pop_send':
<br>pop_send.c:259: warning: passing arg 1 of `header_mucker_init' from
incompatible pointer type
<br>gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce -fpcc-struct-return 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_stat.c -o pop_stat.o
<br>gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce -fpcc-struct-return 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_updt.c -o pop_updt.o
<br>gcc -c -I.. -I.. -I. -I../mmangle -g -O2 -fstrength-reduce -fpcc-struct-return 
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DLINUX -DUNIX pop_user.c -o pop_user.o
<br>pop_user.c:210: warning: type mismatch with previous implicit declaration
<br>pop_user.c:74: warning: previous implicit declaration of `downcase_uname'
<br>pop_user.c:210: warning: `downcase_uname' was previously implicitly
declared to return `int'
<p>I don't know if this is the reason why its not working..?
<p>Madhavi -Deleted- wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> Thats al right, evry one is dumb till you learn
it cheer up!
<br>After you execute .configure,
<br>You exceute 'make'
<p>If you are running qpopper3.1X the object files and the executables
are created under the directory subdirectory popper, if its the 2.53 version,
you will see the object files and the executables created in the same directory.
<p>ls -l | grep x
<br>the executable of popper is 'popper.
<br>Install this under /usr/sbin or where ever you find the other daemons
of Linux installed.
<br>Then change the permissions to make it executable.
<br>To test it:
<br>----------
<ul>
<li>
Send mail to a user on the system you have installed(may be you or a test
user)</li>

<li>
Telnet <systemname> 110</li>

<li>
supply user and password  of user and see of you can execute the pOP3
commands,</li>

<li>
refer to RFC 1939 and 2449 for the commands</li>
</ul>
                
Hope this helps
<br>                    
-madhavi
<br> 
<p>Derek Peczeniuk wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting
up POP3 servers.  I am
<br>having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
<br>and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
<br>can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?
<p>--
<br>Cheers,
<p>Derek</blockquote>

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|   compaq computer corporation         \        /  Phone:(732)-577-6190     |
|   200 Route 9 North                   (  . .   ) Fax :(732)-577-6003       |
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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:44:54 -0400
From: Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
Subject: User Authentication

I am trying to use qpopper to use user/pass authentication but it seem
to accept my username no problem but when the password is typed it, it
says its wrong but I made sure it was right..  Any ideas?

--
Cheers,

Derek


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 15:54:34 -0400
From: Tomasz Orzechowski <tmo at apk dot net>
Subject: Re: User Authentication

> I am trying to use qpopper to use user/pass authentication but it seem
> to accept my username no problem but when the password is typed it, it
> says its wrong but I made sure it was right..  Any ideas?

shadow passwords / PAM
-DSHADOW in Makefile (or -DSPECIALAUTH, see readme) / patches
-- 
Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
APK.net systems administration team                                TO630


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:42:03 -0400
From: Derek Peczeniuk <pez at aiming dot net>
Subject: Re: User Authentication

The FAQ told me to do a

make realclean
./configure --enable-specialauth
make
cp popper/popper /usr/sbin

so I did and still when I type in the right password it still says its
wrong.. Hmm..

Tomasz Orzechowski wrote:

> > I am trying to use qpopper to use user/pass authentication but it seem
> > to accept my username no problem but when the password is typed it, it
> > says its wrong but I made sure it was right..  Any ideas?
>
> shadow passwords / PAM
> -DSHADOW in Makefile (or -DSPECIALAUTH, see readme) / patches
> --
> Tomasz Orzechowski                                           tmo at apk dot net
> APK.net systems administration team                                TO630





From: Hunter Hillegas <hhillegas at jacobstern dot com>
Subject: QPopper Not Working
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:07:27 -0700

I am using QPopper w/ Sendmail on Red Hat 6... Everything seems to be setup
correctly (sendmail gets the SMTP mail and Qpopper listens on 110) but even
when there are messages in a users' mailbox, QPopper says there are no
messages there... Am I missing something?

Hunter Hillegas, MCP
Senior Network Administrator - Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc.
hhillegas at jacobstern dot com
805-565-1411 PH * 805-565-8684 FAX


From: Hunter Hillegas <hhillegas at jacobstern dot com>
Subject: QPopper Problem
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:17:21 -0700

I am using QPopper w/ Sendmail on Red Hat 6... Everything seems to be setup
correctly (sendmail gets the SMTP mail and Qpopper listens on 110) but even
when there are messages in a users' mailbox, QPopper says there are no
messages there... Am I missing something?

I'm not on the list, please respond privately.

Hunter Hillegas, MCP
Senior Network Administrator - Jacob Stern & Sons, Inc.
hhillegas at jacobstern dot com
805-565-1411 PH * 805-565-8684 FAX


Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:29:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Subject: Re: Thanks! - Re: Server Mode? (fwd)

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Tomasz Orzechowski wrote:

> Setting up procmail for something like homedir mailspools is described
> in the procmail readme and/or FAQs, it's relatively easy.

I misread something, hope I didn't confuse anyone else considering
"HASH_SPOOL=2".  I was under the impression that qpopper was preconfig'd
to /f/fo/foobar while procmail was /f/o/foobar and I was wrong.

They're both set for /f/o/foobar

  Jason

-- 
Jason Englander <jason at interl dot net>
Systems Administrator - InterLink L.C.


From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:11:06 -0700
Subject: 3.0b18 source RPM for Red Hat Linux (was:: Compiling Problems?)

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:46:31 -0400, Derek Peczeniuk wrote:

>Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting up POP3 servers.  I am
>having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
>and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
>can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?


Ken
mailto:shiva at well dot com
http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
http://www.215Now.com/



From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva at well dot com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:20:22 -0700
Subject: Re: 3.0b18 source RPM for Red Hat Linux (was:: Compiling Problems?)

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 16:11:06 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:

>On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:46:31 -0400, Derek Peczeniuk wrote:
>
>>Sorry if this sounds dumb but I'm new at setting up POP3 servers.  I am
>>having trouble installing qpopper on RH Linux 6.0.. I run ./configure
>>and make and everything is cool but where are the executables and how
>>can I test if they work before I modify my inetd.conf file?

[Sorry about the prior empty reply, hit the damn Send button by
mistake.]

I've put together a source RPM based on 3.0b18. The spec file
configures Qpopper for shadow passwords, APOP and an authfile. The
install makes the popauth program suid pop.mail. You need to create the
pop user before installing, and edit inetd.conf after installing to
change ipop3d to in.qpopper. Email me if you'd like a copy of either
the package or the spec file. If there are enough requests, I can put
them on my web site. Anyone know how to submit to Red Hat's contrib
directory? (I've already sent the spec file to Qualcomm.)

Ken
mailto:shiva at well dot com
http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
http://www.215Now.com/