Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 12:34:44 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Saqib Nyaz Khan <Skhan@khi.ncr.com.pk> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSD, PPP and popper Message-ID: <199810201134.MAA07861@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:12:36 %2B0500." <c=US%a=_%p=NCR_Corporation%l=NTSERVER1-981019131236Z-1281@ntserver1.khi.ncr.com.pk>
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> Hi,
>
>
> I have a setup, where I am using a freeBSD 2.2.7 stable version as a
> mail server, my users connect to the this machine via dialin PPP
> connections and pop their mails.
>
> The setup initially ran fine. But of recent many problems seem to
> cropped up, these are:
>
> 1) The PPP connection if due to some reason breaks the session on the
> tun interface does not break. I was suggested to get the latest release
> of ppp but that has not solved the problem. I have the "set Stopped 5"
> phrase in my ppp.conf??
Is your modem set for ``normal'' CD operation ? If not, it should
be. If it is already, try adding ``set log +debug'' to your config
file. You should see diagnostics saying ``offline -> online'' and
``online -> offline'' as carrier detect changes. Ppp hangs up when
carrier is lost. If you don't see the messages, it's because your
modem cable is faulty.
> 2) Of recent, the popper too behaves rather strangely, even after
> establishing a ppp connection, my users POP client ( Internet mail)
> hang-up while sending and receiving, I get messages such as BrokenPIPE,
> Popper hungup, this command is not supported very frequently etc...
I don't know much about popper. It works for me though...
> 3) On my tun interfaces, I seem to get this "EchoReived: His magic
> bad" error message.
So you're not using the latest version of ppp.... ? The latest
version says ``deflink: RecvEchoReq: Error: His magic is bad!!''.
This should be taken up with the vendor of the remote ppp
implementation. The RFC says that ppp should drop the connection
when it receives LCP data with invalid magic. Instead, ppp spews
this warning.
> 4) Is there another POP3 server for FreeBSD other than popper, which
> is much stable.
$ cd /usr/ports
$ make search key=pop3
> Will appreciate if someone could reply on skhan@khi.ncr.com.pk or
> Saqib.Khan@Pakistan.ncr.com
>
> ThanX
--
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