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[sterilegenie]

I recently set up a mandrake 8.1 server that has postfix installed for mail. It seems to send mail but I cannot log on to retreive my mail. What settings have I missed to be able to log on and get messages? Do I need to install another server to log on and fetch messages from the box?

[goon12]

Check to make sure that you have installed some kind pop server. I think MDK does that by itself. I * think * you need to uncomment the pop3 line in your /etc/inetd.conf file and do a "/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart"

-goon12

[sterilegenie]

Was looking at /etc/ but theres no editable file named /inetd.conf. There is a /inetd/ thats a folder that contains shell scripts. Could this be my problem?

> cd /etc/inetd.conf/
/etc/inetd.conf/: No such file or directory

[ 13 May 2002: Message edited by: sterilegenie ]

[goon12]

hrm.. Not sure, make sure that you install the xinetd rpm? I am using MDK 7.2 and I have "/etc/inetd.conf" and "/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet"

[goon12]

hrm.. Not sure, make sure that you install the xinetd rpm? I am using MDK 7.2 and I have "/etc/inetd.conf" and "/etc/rc.d/init.d/inet"

[sterilegenie]

Heres my /etc/xinetd/ file
#
# Simple configuration file for xinetd
#
# Some defaults, and include /etc/xinetd.d/

defaults
{
instances = 60
log_type = SYSLOG authpriv
log_on_success = HOST PID
log_on_failure = HOST
cps = 25 30
}

includedir /etc/xinetd.d

And heres /etc/xinetd/ipop3/

# default: on
# description: The POP3 service allows remote users to access their mail \
# using an POP3 client such as Netscape Communicator, mutt, \
# or fetchmail.
service pop3
{
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/ipop3d
log_on_success += USERID
log_on_failure += USERID
}

What do you thinks missing? I did an install of xinetd.rpm as well!!

[ 13 May 2002: Message edited by: sterilegenie ]

[sterilegenie]

Ok everything works great now. Heres what I did to get things working.... I installed xinetd.rpm because it was not installed for some reason, I had to reboot the box! Now I can log in via pop. Thanks goon12 for pointing me in the right direction! :D