Hi all,

Recently, I follow qmailrocks.org to install qmail+vpopmail+mysql. But there is an error when I test it as below.

telnet localhost 110
+OK <20933.1074704990@zzz.com:>
user abc@zzz.com
+OK
pass password
-ERR unable to write pipe
Connection closed by foreign host.

As you can see above, I can't connect to port 110. That's mean I can send mail but not receiving. Does anybody know what's wrong with it? How to solve it anyway?

Thanks
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Did you get this resolved? If not, you'll need to post the contents of /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run.

I solve it as there is wrong path in /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run. Thanks anyway.

if you dont mind sharing, what was the path that was wrong?

here is my qmail-pop3d/run

#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \
/usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l 0 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \
myhost.com /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1

myhost.com is just a placeholder, i have the correct host in my actual script.

i get the same -ERR unable to write pipe when i try to telnet to 110 and also with the mail client Evolution in RH9, its like outlook. the funny thing is that i also have webmin installed and when i check the user acct mailbox in the qmail section of webmin, i see the emails there, the emails that im not receiving in Evolution. In Evolution, when i check for emails, it asks my password and then gives me the pipe error and doesnt pick up the emails.

Help.

thanks.

I think you have too many zeros in there.

-v -R -H -l 0 0 110

Try making it look like this...

-v -R -H -l 0 110

Hi,
i tried -v -R -H -l 0 110:

#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 \
/usr/local/bin/tcpservever -v -R -H -l 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup \
xxxxxxxxx /bin/checkpassword /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1

and got some errors:
in telnet i got: Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
in the Evolution client i got:
Error While 'Fetching Mail':
Could not connect to POP server xxxxxxxx (port 110):Connection refused

as before, i did receive the test email i sent from another account(external) to this account in webmin but not in telnet nor Evolution.

thanks for the help!

Might be your location of check password?

Mine's located here.

/home/vpopmail/bin/vchkpw

Might want to locate where yours really is.

Otherwise, your file looks pretty good.

i just checked the path to all the files in this script and they all seam to check out.

/usr/localbin/tcpserver
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup
/var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d

but like you said, the checkpassword is not quite right, can you tell me what you think?

in script: /bin/checkpassword
in my system: /bin/checkpassword (not a file but a directory)

inside this directory is:

checkpassword-0.90 folder with lots of files in it.

in this folder there are two files with the checkpassword name:
checkpassword.c (it sais C source code)
checkpassword.o (it sais binary program)

i changed the line in the code to read:

/bin/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90
and
/bin/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90/checkpassword.o

but i dont think thats working either. can you tell me if im in the right direction?

thanks.