did you restart the inetd service - rcinetd restart or kill -HUP it? PID=`cat /var/run/inetd.pid` kill -HUP $PID what does your line in /etc/inetd.conf for pop3 look like heres mine pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/popper -R also, make sure you have an entry in /etc/hosts.allow for the machine you are connecting to the pop server from like popper: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx : ALLOW now do an nmap and port 110 should be open On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, spiekey wrote:
Hello! I set up my sendmail as desciped at http://doc.thepenguin.de/sendmail/index_dr.htm i have the pop and smtp enabeled in /etc/services /etc/inetd.conf when i do a nmap onto my box i can see that smtp is open, but no pop, how come? Sendmail is running and i restarted it each time i changes something (as i did with suseconfig) I get this error: The connection to the server has failed. Account: '192.168.10.53', Server: '192.168.10.53', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E
Can someone help me?
Thank you
Spiekey
Chad Whitten Network/Systems Administrator neXband Communications chadwick@nexband.com