From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Jul 5 16:46:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18944 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:46:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclops.xtra.co.nz (cyclops.xtra.co.nz [202.27.184.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18921 for ; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:46:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker (210-55-210-87.ipnets.xtra.co.nz [210.55.210.87]) by cyclops.xtra.co.nz (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA21696; Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:45:34 +1200 (NZST) Message-Id: <199807052345.LAA21696@cyclops.xtra.co.nz> From: "Dan Langille" Organization: DVL Software Limited To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, Toby Swanson Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 11:45:31 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: do I need a POP server for this? Reply-to: junkmale@xtra.co.nz In-reply-to: <359FD02B.4E0BDB3A@milkyway.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01a) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 5 Jul 98, at 15:12, Toby Swanson wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Dan Langille wrote: > > > . . . I'd like to set my freebsd box up so that I can read the mail > > which fbsd generates (the logs etc). . . . But which one would you > > recommend given what I wish to do? > > If you want to read FreeBSD mail from your NT box(es), you > could just telnet to the FreeBSD box and use a mail reader. To use > a reader on an NT box you would need to install a "post office". > I use qpopper. I've run the install, modified inetd.conf, and restarted inetd. When I try to telnet to localhost 110, I get: cannot execute /usr/etc/popper: No such file or directory. There is no /usr/etc directory. What's gone wrong with the install? Unfortunately, the README contains a disclaimer: "It assumes that you are not only familiar with Unix but also capable fo preforming Unix system administration". LOL! Clearly, I am not. -- Dan Langille DVL Software Limited http://www.dvl-software.com : for race timing solutions To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message