hwo can I get port 110 open when instanll qpopper

[wymondchen]

I installed sendmail and qpopper4.0.4 on a linux7.3 server box.
Sendmail is working well, but qpopper is not.
I can't get the port 110 open,and can't telnet this port.
I have made sure /etc/services includes a line of pop3 ,and add a file named pop3 in folder /etc/xinetd.d.
I also restarted xinetd, get nothing.
When connecting this mail server, I got "The connection to the server has failed. Account: '192.168.1.104', Server: '192.168.1.104', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10061, Error Number: 0x800CCC0E"
What should I do?

Thanks a lot.

 

[blizz]

Hi,

In /etc/services your have a line for POP3:
pop3 110/tcp #pop3 service

The file pop3 you added to folder /etc/xinetd.d
Did you edit or check that disable=no

Have you checked your firewall rules?
Blizz

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[fluid11]

xinetd is not limited to the services listed in the /etc/services file. Only inetd uses it.

Run 'netstat -nat' to see if anything is listening on port 110.


ChrisP

 

[w1nn3r]

Check your ipchains, i always start by flushing my ipchains then blocking whats needed, try ipchains -F as root, then try to connect. Hope this helps.

 

[wymondchen]

I created and edited a file named pop3 in /etc/xinetd.d, and made disable = no.
I checked no firewall by using lokkit.
In firewall configure, I have not setup anything.
netstat -nat does not show port 110.
But got no help.


weiyan

 

[w1nn3r]

If you dont show a listen on port 110, then it wont be a firewall problem like i first suspected(Was my problem) Can you manually start qpopper. You may check /var/log/messages to see if it shows anything stopping it from starting(I believe this is the correct logfile, feel free to correct me if i'm wrong). Hope this helps.

 

[fluid11]

Lets see the file you created in /etc/xinetd.d directory...

 

[wymondchen]

How do I manually start Qpopper? Popper -s qpopper?

I believe the file in /etc/xinetd.d is correct. I compared it with the same files in other mail servers and make sure the server path is correct.

Actually, I downloaded and installed resoures file of qpopper4.0.5 before. It seems that qpopper doesn't fire off.

Today, I found and installed rpm file of Qpopper. After installation, a file named qpopper was auto created in /etc/xinetd.d , and port 110 is open.My mail serer is working.

I guess I did something wrong to compile and configure qpopper when using qpopper resource file. I really want to find out it.

Thanks so much for your help.

Weiyan