Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:44:21 -0700 From: David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> To: Tommy Scheunemann <net@mail.arrishq.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pop3 problems Message-ID: <200704040944.22482.david@vizion2000.net> In-Reply-To: <20070404181201.s5kxp1zvc4w0o8c0@zeus.arrishq.net> References: <200704040857.51477.david@vizion2000.net> <20070404181201.s5kxp1zvc4w0o8c0@zeus.arrishq.net>
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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:12:01 you wrote: > On Mi, 04 Apr 2007 David Southwell <david@vizion2000.net> babbled: > > I am trying to get pop3 working on freebsd 6.1 but am having no success. > > > > mail ports installed: > > [root@dns1 /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# pkg_info |grep mail > > cclient-2004g,1 Mark Crispin's C-client mail access routines > > imap-uw-2004g_1,1 University of Washington IMAP4rev1/POP2/POP3 mail > > servers maildrop-2.0.2 Mail delivery agent (MDA) with filtering > > abilities postfix-2.3.8,1 A secure alternative to widely-used > > Sendmail [root@dns1 /usr/ports/mail/imap-uw]# > > > > > > In inetd I have: > > pop2 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop2d > > ipop2d pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/ipop3d > > ipop3d imap4 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/imapd > > imapd When connections are attempted there is no response from the > > server. > > > > When an attempt is made to connect to pop3 the server is found, > > connection is made but there is a problem with password verification. > > > > Can anyone help me identify the problem. I have not been able to find a > > check list to help. > > > > How do I get logging information for pop3? > > > > Thanks david > > The log messages are in /var/log/messages Thanks for getting back to me -- its appreciated. I had looked before posting -- but no messages from pop3 :-( -- nor any indication there was an attempt to connect.. do I need to change a config file somewhere? > > The problem could be that UW disables the LOGIN feature per default so > only encrypted logins are accepted (should be Auth TLS in your clients). > Another option is to use pop3s instead of pop3 - works fine with the > UW daemons so far. OK I'll try that and report back Thanks David
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