Outlook and Postfix 1

[Kjasa]

Hello,

Do I need to setup a pop3 server in order to have an Outlook client just send to Postfix?

As you can tell I am very new to Postfix and I am getting bogged down trying to get Qpopper configured on top of it.

Thanks

 

[mcaen]

What problems are you having with qpopper?

Moe

 

[fluid11]

Yes, Postfix is only an MTA. If you want POP or IMAP, you need to install a separate daemon, like qpopper.

Here's some notes on qpopper that I wrote awhile back...




Installing qpopper

tar zxvf qpopper4.0.4.tar.gz -C /usr/local/src
cd qpopper4.0.4
./configure --enable-specialauth
# specialauth enables shadow passwords.
make
# copy the popper executable anywhere you want, below is the default
cp popper/popper /usr/sbin/
chmod 700 /usr/sbin/popper

# optional…
make clean
make realclean



Configuring qpopper to use xinetd

Create the /etc/xinetd.d/popper file and put this in it…

service pop3
{
disable = no
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/popper
log_on_failure += USERID
}

…and remember to restart xinetd with "/sbin/service xinetd restart"




ChrisP

 

[Kjasa]

It has taken me awhile to realize that inetd was not on the system and that I will have to use xinetd.

I just got the RPM for that installed. Hopefully that will get me on the right track.

 

[fluid11]

Just follow the instructions above and it will be finished.


ChrisP

 

[Kjasa]

Happy to say I finally got the bugger working.

 

[lluno1]

Hello,
I have the same setup installed (postfix and qpopper), but it seems not to be working correctly. xinetd restarts fine with the exception of a "bind failed (Address already in use (errno 98)service = pop3)" in the syslog. Not really sure what this means and also when I try to telnet either to localhost 25 or localhost 110 they both return connection refused. NOw I can send email from the server but I can't receive. I am also a newbie at this so ALL the help I can get would be appreciated.

Juan C.