Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:13:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Bill Farina <bfarina@venture-1.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Qualcomm POP mail problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708011127.22542R-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199807050809.DAA00512@ns.venture-1.com>
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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, Bill Farina wrote: > Has anyone run into this error message? It appears in my /var/log/messages > file every time someone checks mail using qpopper. What specific command > lines go in what file to nix it. > > > Jul 5 02:59:20 ns popper[487]: (v2.41beta1) Unable to get canonical name > of client, err > = 60 This means that the client's IP address couldn't be reverse-mapped to it's hostname. DANGER: 2.41b1 has KNOWN SECURITY HOLES. UPGRADE IMMEDIATELY. You may want tot take this opportunity to review the Washington University or CUCI POP packages -- these are popular alternatives to the bug-ridden qpopper. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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