IPOP3D starts still no 110 on port scan

[chikn]

Slack 7.1 with ipop3d
I have the correct line in inetd.conf to start it
pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d

that should start it up at boot time, but in any event even if I start it manually I get the proper resonse
+OK POP3 mail.xxxx.com v2000.70 server ready .

POP doesnt work and port scan doesnt show an open 110. Its in the services file listed correctly with the right port but still doesnt work.

IMAP does the exact same thing.
Ive got probably ten Slack 7.1 boxes out as mail servers without a problem so I dont know what I did to this one for it not to work.

Anybody know anyhting else to check please let me know.

[chikn]

???

[Craig McPherson]

Did you restart inetd after making the change to the inetd.conf?

Have you made sure inetd is actually running?

Are you sure the service name shouldn't be "pop3" instead of "pop-3"? My service file has "pop3" listed as the primary name and "pop-3" as an alias, but yours may vary.

Stop inetd, then start it again. Tail your system log file and see whether there are any error messages there, or whether you see an "Inetd started successfully" message.

You may also want to try specifying the full path to the ipop3d binary in the inetd.conf file, to make sure you don't have any PATH issues.

Good luck.