On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 01:55:29 -0800 (PST), Shiraz Baig wrote: > Sir, > It is in continuation of my previous problem, where I > am delivering/receiving the mail on the LAN. The > deliver of the mail via SMTP is now working fine. > > But I now want that Windows Outlook Express should be > able to access my Pop server on Linux. It is already > doing so, for SMTP server. > > This is what I have done. I have installed POP RPM. > Then I went to /etc/xinetd.d and in that I opened the > Pop3s file. In that file, I changed the disabled from > "yes" to "no". Normally one does not edit it manually, but uses the chkconfig tool to do that: chkconfig ipop3 on ; chkconfig ipop3 --list When doing that, it is not necessary to restart xinetd. Safety question here: Did you edit pop3s or ipop3? > Then I ran the > /etc/init.d/xinetd restart. I also tried > service pop3 restart > But it said that it does not recognise this service. The "service" tool is not for xinetd controlled services. > Although, it is listed in /etc/services file as Pop3 > service. You misunderstood the purpose of the file. > I understand that xinetd daemon awakens the POP > server, when an incoming connection arrives. But this > is not happening. Show: netstat -tpan > Can anyone suggest, what other > configuration is necessary? Based on your message, I assume you edited the wrong file. You didn't say whether you wanted to set up SSL-based POP3. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
