Pop3

[Julian Field]

At 01:13 24/11/2003, you wrote:
>I just wanted to say thanks for all the help. I have given up for now. I
>have tried all that you guys have told me to do, but I must be doing
>something wrong.
>
>I put the ipop3d and imapd in the /usr/sbin subdirectory. I ran the .rpm
>file that is mentioned below but it says it is not for this system, even
>though I have redhat 7.3. I instead installed imap-2002e.tar.Z with the
>lrh option. I had to install openssh before hand as it gave me an error
>stating that it needed to be installed. I am sure the problem has
>something to with that.
>
>Now what does this have to do with MailScanner? I want to use MailScanner
>not some other product. I need to be able to pop or imap in order to use
>MailScanner, otherwise I will end up using the new firebird/thunderbird
>solution from mozilla and just use mailscanner in a pinch.

But our point was that MailScanner is not involved *at all* in
         SMTP service
         mail delivery
         mail retrieval by users

>Mark Nienberg <mark at TIPPINGMAR.COM> wrote ..
> > If you haven't figured it out already, POP3 is actually part of the
> > IMAP package, so be sure you installed the imap rpm.  On RedHat 7.3 the
> > latest is imap-2001a-10.
> >
> > Imap and pop are generally run from xinetd, so you don't start them
> > from "/init.d/imap".  I don't even have that file on my system, which
> > makes me wonder about how you installed imap and pop3.
> >
> > Check that you have files:
> >
> > /etc/xinetd.d/imap
> > /etc/xinet.d/pop3
> >
> > then make sure that inside those files "disable" is set to "no".
> >
> > Restart xinetd with "service xinetd restart".
> >
> > Now try it.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sunday, November 23, 2003, at 09:21  AM, Steve Hickel wrote:
> >
> > > All,
> > >
> > > I just spent the morning trying to figure out how to get imap and pop3
> > > working on my RH 7.3 system. I didn't load them when I load the
> > > original os. I am getting tired of losing email when I mistakenly
> > > double-click the delete key in my usermin email client from XP IE. My
> > > mailscanner works great but I need a more robust client like mozilla
> > > mail or outlook or express, but need to get over this hump. Any
> > > thoughts?
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > ps. Here is the error I am getting:
> > >
> > > Executing /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap start ..
> > >
> > >
> > > imap2: unrecognized service
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: flags: command not found
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: socket_type: command not found
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: wait: `=' is not a pid or valid job spec
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: wait: `no' is not a pid or valid job spec
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: user: command not found
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: server: command not found
> > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/imap: log_on_failure: command not found
> > > disable: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
> > >

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