Date: Sun, 26 Sep 1999 20:57:13 -0700 From: "Craig Critchley" <craigc@nwlink.com> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: POP3 server problems Message-ID: <029001bf089c$62127380$0201010a@fuzzer.com>
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I'm trying to set up a POP3 server for Windows clients to pick mail up with
from a machine running FreeBSD 3.2 release, and I seem to be having trouble.
I've tried, all built from ports with no modifications:
cucipop - adds a message, subject: "DO NOT DELETE THIS MESSAGE...", then the
client reports the error "-ERR Error locking your mailbox" every time the
client checks mail. I see a few mentions of this error in the archives, but
found no solution. This seems to be everybody's favorite?
popper - client pops up the password dialog, and if I cancel it (the
password is correct), indicates that the password was rejected and reports
the error "-ERR System error, can't open temporary file, do you own it?"
Unfortunately, it does not say what file. A check of the archives suggests
it is trying to create a temporary file in /var/mail which is owned by root
and not world-writable. Is it really wise to change permissions on this
directory? It sounds from the discussions I found in the archives I don't
want popper anyway...
ipop3d (from the imap-uw port, but I'm not actually running imapd itself) -
this works, but adds two lines to the maillog for every check a client
makes, even if the mailbox is empty. there doesn't seem to be much of a man
page, and it lists no switches for tweaking any logging options.
I suppose I'll use whatever server works, but since Outlook Express polls
the server every ten minutes by default ipop3d will quickly clog up the
logs...
Any suggestions? Thanks,
...Craig
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