From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 29 5:25:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1817314C39 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 05:25:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA02244; Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:25:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:25:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey To: Colin Jack Cc: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: POP3 Servers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The old ipop3d from washington.edu used to do this till he redid its algorythms - in older version it would try to read the entire inbox into ram - if the process isnt allowed that much ram it would crash. The new one reads as it needs and we no longer have that problem. So my guess is that it is trying to suck up more ram that your login.conf will allow it to. On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Colin Jack wrote: > I am a newbie to FreeBSD, so please bear with me! > > I have (with help) set up a FreeBSD 3.1 Release internet server for use as a > POP3 server for my clients, using Cucipop 1.3.1 and got it all working okay > except ... > > I am having problems with the connection being dropped when a user has a > large (ish) mail spool. This is typically because they have 1Mb or 2Mb > attachments. > > Questions: > > 1. Is anybody aware of a config error on my part that might cause this? > > 2. What is the most popular POP3 server for FreeBSD (what do Yahoo! or > Walnut Creek run for example) > > 3. Any other suggestions :-) > > Thanks > > Colin > colin@mainline.co.uk > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message