I am running linux 7.1 with the 2.4 kernel on a cable connection using iptables for masquerading. I have succsessfully set up apache and send mail i.e. the web page shows up in my browser and I can type "telnet localhost 25" and get a positive responce from sendmail but I cannot get my qpopper 4.0.3 working. When I type "telnet localhost 110" I get this error:

[root@gw /root]# telnet localhost 110
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

I have the qpopper exe file (popper) in /usr/local/lib/popper
I have added pop3 to my /etc/services file for port 110
I have created a file called pop3 in /etc/xinetd.d/ wich contains:

service pop3
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/local/lib/popper
server_args = qpopper -s
port = 110
}

I have but the following line in /etc/host.allow

popper:ALL

If anyone can see something I am doing wrong or missing that would be great......



:smash:

nevermind just fixed it.

How did you fix it?

YES!! How did you fix it? Over a year later, did you people fix the problem? Does anyone have the solution/idea to solve this problem?

AHHHH!! HELP!!

God sorry guys I dont even use qpopper anymore... I now use ipop wich comes with most major *nix distros. Its installed with the system and its ususally just a matter of turning it on.

Here are some old qpopper notes i have found.. maybe they will help... e-mail me if you need more help

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Setting up Qpopper
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tar zxvf qpopper-3.0.2.tar.Z

cd qpopper-3.0.2

./configure --enable-shy --enable-specialauth --enable-log-login

( The options here are:
--enable-specialauth : allows MD5 and shadow passwords
--with-pam: allows the use of RH Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) technology
--enable-log-login: log successful logins, not only failures (not really that useful as it will
use tcpd wrappers logging anyway)
--enable-shy: conceal version number (yeah, a little pesky manifestation of "security through obscurity")

make

install -c -s popper/popper /usr/local/lib
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vim /etc/inetd.conf
#add
pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/popper qpopper -s
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vim /etc/services
#add
pop3 110/tcp # POP version 3
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telnet localhost 110

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
+OK QPOP (version 3.0.2) at hoge.hoge.jp starting.
USER myname <--Your User Name
+OK Password required for myname.
PASS XXXXXXXX<--password
+OK myname has 0 messages (0 octets).<-- Info about accent
QUIT
+OK Pop server at hoge.hoge.jp signing off.
Connection closed by foreign host.
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end
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