Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 16:23:27 -0400 (EDT) From: "Rob Misiak" <rdm@ic.net> To: gcrutcher@datatrek.com (Gary Crutcher) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sendmail problems Message-ID: <199510282023.QAA00672@madonna.ic.net> In-Reply-To: <28101995131320680.II26500@datatrek.com> from "Gary Crutcher" at Oct 28, 95 01:08:31 pm
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Gary Crutcher ("Sendmail problems") wrote:
>
> I have just connected a laptop via ethernet to my freebsd machine. I am
> trying to use Eudora to get mail. I keep getting a connection refused=20
> error message. I have also tried other mail programs with no luck. Is=
> =20
> there something that needs to be set on ther server side or in my mail=20
> program that would let me get mail from the server via my laptop mail=20
> program.
Do you think the problem might be that you don't have a POP server set up
on the FreeBSD box? You should have a line which is something like:
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/popper -s
in /etc/inetd.conf, and (obviously) a POP daemon installed on your machine.
Rob
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