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Old 04-29-2011, 10:20 AM   #1
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how to start pop3 service

i cant fetchmail form server might b because of pop service is not enabled or configured.
tell me how to start pop services and from where i configure it
 
Old 04-29-2011, 11:07 AM   #2
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whrn i restart service it gives error

service dovecot start
Starting Dovecot Imap: Fatal: listen(143) failed: Address already in use

what should i do now
 
Old 04-29-2011, 12:15 PM   #3
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Hi,

it seems that port 143 is being used by another service. Can we see your netstat -tulpn output here?
 
Old 05-01-2011, 01:14 AM   #4
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iam using qmail and qmail has its own pop3 and imap.so imap is using as tcpserver this port
 
  


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