From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 12 15:33:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA05567 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 15:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lib.amu.edu.pl (bogusz@lib.amu.edu.pl [150.254.100.254]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA05554 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 15:33:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bogusz@localhost) by lib.amu.edu.pl (8.6.12/8.6.9) id WAA26647; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 22:35:33 +0100 Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 22:35:32 +0100 (MET) From: Bogusz Jelinski To: Jack Wenger cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Mail (shudder, grimace, groan) In-Reply-To: <199610111624.LAA02754@mendota.terracom.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 11 Oct 1996, Jack Wenger wrote: > I just installed qpop-2.1.4.3.tgz on our FBSD 2.1 box. Where the hell did it > get put? How do I configure it? I've got sendmail working just fine, but the > only place I and my users can get there mail is if they telnet in.(our > server is co-located and not generally physically available). So I figured > I'd have to run a POP server. I downloaded the afore mentioned file, > installed it using pkg_manage. No error messages (cool). But, I can't find > it or any mention of it. I'm a lowly computer graphics guy who is scrambling > to learn how to administer this stuff (our sys admin died), so please help! > thanx! uncomment the line pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/popper popper in your /etc/inetd.conf Place the file popper (it should come with your qpop or you compiled it) in /usr/local/libexec I don't know if you have to run inetd to activate that new line - try it yourself Cheers Bogusz