 | | | IMAP POP3 problem... | IMAP POP3 problem... 2002-08-29 - By Taylor, ForrestX
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T Trudeau wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Probably a simple question for U Linux gurus...
>
> I installed the latest RH IMAP package and enabled pop3 via the
> etc/xinetd.d/ipop3 file. Although I can now log onto the server and get a
> message via MS outlook that the POP3 mail box has been checked OK with no MS
> Outlook errors anymore (after enabling pop3 on the server), I am still not
> downloading any e-mails from the server even though I have sent several.
Do you mean that you have not been able to retrieve mail from the server
even though you are certain that you have mail waiting for you? Did you
check to see if /var/spool/mail/username existed (where username is your
username)?
> Do I have to enable the server as SMTP Sendmail too? In order to use POP3?
Yes, sendmail will accept messages from outside for your users.
>
> Do I need to set up separate e-mail boxes on the server for each user for
> name based or IP based hosting?
No. You only need to add accounts for your users.
> Finally, At RH tech support?s (below) suggestions from their e-mail to me
> today after our phone conversation, the last thing I tried was uninstall and
> I got the error "uninstall: command not found " when trying to un install the
> sendmail-8.11.6-15 file...
> (1) uninstall "rpm -e sendmail-8.11.6-15 "
>
> (2) install "rpm -Uvh sendmail-8.11.6-15 "
To uninstall, you should type the command that is in quotes:
rpm -e sendmail-8.11.6-15
Before you do that, are you certain that sendmail is not working? Send
mail to one of your users, and see if it arrives in
/var/spool/mail/username.
Forrest
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