From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 4 16:31:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD71B16A40A for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:31:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: from dns1.vizion2000.net (77-99-36-42.cable.ubr04.chap.blueyonder.co.uk [77.99.36.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D2DF13C4C5 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:31:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@vizion2000.net) Received: by dns1.vizion2000.net (Postfix, from userid 1007) id A54F31CC33; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:44:22 -0700 (PDT) From: David Southwell Organization: Voice and Vision To: Tommy Scheunemann Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:44:21 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 References: <200704040857.51477.david@vizion2000.net> <20070404181201.s5kxp1zvc4w0o8c0@zeus.arrishq.net> In-Reply-To: <20070404181201.s5kxp1zvc4w0o8c0@zeus.arrishq.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200704040944.22482.david@vizion2000.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pop3 problems X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:31:18 -0000 On Wednesday 04 April 2007 09:12:01 you wrote: > On Mi, 04 Apr 2007 David Southwell 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