The qpopper list archive ending on 22 May 2002
Topics covered in this issue include:
1. Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
"Habib Abassi" <habassi at telephonyatwork dot com>
Thu, 9 May 2002 13:35:04 -0700
2. RE: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
"Habib Abassi" <habassi at telephonyatwork dot com>
Thu, 9 May 2002 13:46:58 -0700
3. Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
Gregory Hicks <ghicks at cadence dot com>
Thu, 9 May 2002 14:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
4. Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
Clifton Royston <cliftonr at lava dot net>
Thu, 9 May 2002 10:43:33 -1000
5. Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at center.osis dot gov>
Thu, 9 May 2002 17:06:45 -0400
6. Multiple qpoppers on one machine?
John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver dot net>
Fri, 10 May 2002 10:28:08 -0700
7. trouble w/ setting up qpopper ssl use
"Bernd Prager" <bprager at iamerica dot net>
Sat, 11 May 2002 18:07:02 -0400
8. qpopper startup script ?
"Matthew Thomas" <mthomas at biocontrolsys dot com>
Mon, 13 May 2002 09:30:37 -0700
9. Archives and web site?
John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver dot net>
Tue, 14 May 2002 12:31:32 -0700
10. RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
"Alston, Tony" <Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws>
Tue, 14 May 2002 16:21:32 -0600
11. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Tue, 14 May 2002 18:59:54 -0400
12. New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
Jonathan Hilgeman <Jonathan.Hilgeman at ecx dot com>
Tue, 14 May 2002 16:42:16 -0700
13. Re: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
14 May 2002 20:58:08 -0700
14. RE: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
"Justin Ainsworth" <jda at sunset dot net>
Tue, 14 May 2002 18:28:58 -0700
15. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Clifton Royston <cliftonr at lava dot net>
Tue, 14 May 2002 22:08:35 -1000
16. RE: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
"Alston, Tony" <Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws>
Wed, 15 May 2002 08:44:49 -0600
17. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Sebastien Renard <Sebastien.Renard at digitalfox.homeip dot net>
Wed, 15 May 2002 17:09:57 +0200
18. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Wed, 15 May 2002 11:40:56 -0400
19. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Mark <admin at asarian-host dot net>
Wed, 15 May 2002 17:46:07 +0200
20. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Sebastien Renard <Sebastien.Renard at digitalfox.homeip dot net>
Wed, 15 May 2002 17:58:20 +0200
21. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Wed, 15 May 2002 16:50:12 -0400
22. "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Anthony Dunne <anthony at eglobaldoctor dot com>
Thu, 16 May 2002 17:23:17 +0800
23. I/O error flushing output to client
Martin Kellermann <Kellermann at sk-datentechnik dot com>
Thu, 16 May 2002 14:58:34 +0200
24. Re: I/O error flushing output to client
Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Thu, 16 May 2002 09:54:02 -0400
25. Re: I/O error flushing output to client
Martin Kellermann <Kellermann at sk-datentechnik dot com>
Thu, 16 May 2002 16:18:44 +0200
26. performace with some kind of dial clients
=?iso-8859-15?q?César Augusto Seronni Filho?= <listas at kernelinformatica.com dot br>
Thu, 16 May 2002 16:50:41 -0300
27. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
16 May 2002 17:23:57 -0700
28. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
16 May 2002 19:09:46 -0700
29. RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
16 May 2002 19:28:27 -0700
30. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Drew <drew at patash.com dot au>
Fri, 17 May 2002 12:36:40 +1000
31. RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Anthony Dunne <anthony at eglobaldoctor dot com>
Fri, 17 May 2002 11:15:31 +0800
32. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
16 May 2002 19:48:59 -0700
33. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Drew <drew at patash.com dot au>
Fri, 17 May 2002 14:12:44 +1000
34. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
16 May 2002 21:28:17 -0700
35. more info about (performace with some kind of dial clients)
=?iso-8859-15?q?César Augusto Seronni Filho?= <listas at kernelinformatica.com dot br>
Fri, 17 May 2002 16:46:20 -0300
36. Mail content filtering software
Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
17 May 2002 19:06:42 -0700
37. Configuring Qpopper with SSL and APOP
"Michael Caplan" <michael at social-ecology dot org>
Sun, 19 May 2002 19:11:05 -0400
38. Re: Configuring Qpopper with SSL and APOP
peter.allen at moon-light.co dot uk
Mon, 20 May 2002 16:07:48 +0100
39. Re: Multiple qpoppers on one machine?
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:28:43 -0700
40. Re: Archives and web site?
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:33:32 -0700
41. RE: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:43:11 -0700
42. Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:45:32 -0700
43. Re: trouble w/ setting up qpopper ssl use
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:30:16 -0700
44. Re: I/O error flushing output to client
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 16:30:31 -0700
45. RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 14:51:34 -0700
46. Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Chuck Yerkes <chuck+qpopper at yerkes dot com>
Mon, 20 May 2002 18:33:51 -0700
47. RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no
Wed, 22 May 2002 12:28:36 +0200
48. Re: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
"Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)" <pelle at spd dot nu>
Wed, 22 May 2002 13:21:35 +0200
49. Re: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no
Wed, 22 May 2002 13:35:41 +0200
50. SV: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
"Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)" <pelle at spd dot nu>
Wed, 22 May 2002 14:18:00 +0200
Subject: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 13:35:04 -0700
From: "Habib Abassi" <habassi at telephonyatwork dot com>
Hi,
If anyone has an answer for this question :
Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header
of an email ?
What about the order of the field in the header ?
Thanks.
Subject: RE: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 13:46:58 -0700
From: "Habib Abassi" <habassi at telephonyatwork dot com>
Any way to known the end of the header of an email from mime text file ?
-----Original Message-----
From: Clifton Royston [mailto:cliftonr at lava dot net]
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 1:44 PM
To: Habib Abassi
Cc: Subscribers of Qpopper
Subject: Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in
the header of an email
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 01:35:04PM -0700, Habib Abassi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If anyone has an answer for this question :
>
> Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the
> header of an email ?
Yes.
> What about the order of the field in the header ?
There is no particular order required.
-- Clifton
--
Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr at lava dot net
"What do we need to make our world come alive?
What does it take to make us sing?
While we're waiting for the next one to arrive..." - Sisters of Mercy
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:10:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks at cadence dot com>
Subject: Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
> Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 13:35:04 -0700
> From: "Habib Abassi" <habassi at telephonyatwork dot com>
>
[...snip...]
> Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the
header of an email ?
Yes.
>
> What about the order of the field in the header ?
Makes no matter which order they are in... As long as
sendmail/qmail/<your-favorite-MTA> can figure it out...
Regards,
Gregory Hicks
>
> Thanks.
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Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 10:43:33 -1000
From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr at lava dot net>
Subject: Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 01:35:04PM -0700, Habib Abassi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If anyone has an answer for this question :
>
> Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the
> header of an email ?
Yes.
> What about the order of the field in the header ?
There is no particular order required.
-- Clifton
--
Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr at lava dot net
"What do we need to make our world come alive?
What does it take to make us sing?
While we're waiting for the next one to arrive..." - Sisters of Mercy
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 17:06:45 -0400
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy at center.osis dot gov>
Subject: Re: Could "To: " or "Cc: " or "Reply-To: " be the last field in the header of an email
On Thu, May 09, 2002 at 01:46:58PM -0700, Habib Abassi wrote:
> Any way to known the end of the header of an email from mime text file ?
Not quite sure what you're asking. But the mail headers end at the
first blank line, when stored on the machine or in an SMTP transmission.
There is a recommended order for mail header lines, but almost
everybody ignores it, some more than most. I.e., don't count on the
recommended order of mail header lines.
--
Joe Yao jsdy at center.osis dot gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
OSIS Center Systems Support EMT-B
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Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 10:28:08 -0700
From: John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver dot net>
Subject: Multiple qpoppers on one machine?
I'm working on setting up a virtual mail server with several chrooted
users, each with their own sendmail and spools. I need to either have a
seperate instance of qpopper for each, or have the qpopper in inetd be
able to tell, by the destination IP of an incoming request, which spool
to work from. I can't find anything in the docs so far... can anyone
point me in the right direction?
Thanks...
--
John Oliver http://www.john-oliver.net/
joliver at john-oliver.net http://www.mrtg-monitoring dot com/
From: "Bernd Prager" <bprager at iamerica dot net>
Subject: trouble w/ setting up qpopper ssl use
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 18:07:02 -0400
Hi everybody,
I'm trying to set up qpopper-4.0.4 with openssl-0.9.6.
I followed the manual step by step.
I recompiled "--with-openssl".
When I "set clear-text-password = default"
in qpopper.conf it works still fine.
When I "set clear-text-password = ssl"
I get the error message in Outlook Express:
---- snip -------------
The server responded with an error. Account: 'Home', Server:
'mail.myhost.bla',
Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'Unable to process config file
/etc/popper.conf',
Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number:
0x800CCC90
---- snip -------------
And maillog reports:
May 11 18:02:35 myhost popper[23957]: Unrecognized "clear-text-password"
mnemonic; scanning "ssl" at line 79 of config file /etc/popper.conf; valid
mnemonics are: "default", "always", "local" [pop_config.c:1419]
(BTW I use popper as xinet service.)
Can anybody give me a hand here please?
Thanks a lot,
-- Bernd
From: "Matthew Thomas" <mthomas at biocontrolsys dot com>
Subject: qpopper startup script ?
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 09:30:37 -0700
Greetings,
I'm a new user (at least attempting to be) of Qpopper. I'm trying to get it
to startup as a daemon at runlevel 3 on a SuSE Linux 8.0 (2.4.18 kernel)
machine.
I found the following script in Mickey Hill's MIMEDefang Howto and tried to
use it, but it doesn't work. I'm not sure if that is because SuSE puts
things in different places, or some other reason. If anyone can tell me
what wrong, or give me a different script to try, I'd appreciate it.
I'm assuming (which means I'm probably wrong) that the problem has to do
with the absence of the functions file, but I'm not sure where that is
supposed to come from (i.e. part of qpopper or part of the system or
somewhere else).
Best Regards
Matt Thomas
#####################################################
#!/bin/sh
# startup script for popper
#
# source function library
# script gets an error on this line since this file doesn't exist
# There is only one functions file on the machine (/etc/sysconfig/network \
# /functions) which generates a different error if substituted
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
[-f /usr/sbin/popper] || exit 0
# if you comment out the functions line the above with produce an error
prog="popper"
start(){
echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
daemon /usr/local/sbin/popper -s
# commenting out both the functions line and the "-f" line causes a
# "daemon command not found" error
RETVAL=$?
[$RETVAL -eq 0] && touch /var/lock/subsys/popper
echo
return $RETVAL
}
stop(){
if test "x`pidof popper`" !=x;then
echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
killproc popper
echo
fi
RETVAL=$?
[$RETVAL -eq 0] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/popper
return $RETVAL
}
case "$1" in
start)
start
;;
stop)
stop
;;
status)
status popper
;;
restart)
stop
start
;;
condrestart)
if test "x`pidof popper`" !=x;then
stop
start
fi
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0
# end qpopper startup
##############################################################
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:31:32 -0700
From: John Oliver <joliver at john-oliver dot net>
Subject: Archives and web site?
Is there any way to get at the list archives with the web site not
responding?
And is there anyone on this list who answers questions? :-) Since I
subscribed, I've seen nothing but a few questions with no answers... :-(
I want to know if there's a way to make the qpopper banner give a
different hostname than the machine's hostname...
--
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joliver at john-oliver.net http://www.mrtg-monitoring dot com/
From: "Alston, Tony" <Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws>
Subject: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:21:32 -0600
Has anyone resolved the error with xinetd and qpopper 4? I have followed
the examples to excruciating detail, have backtracked up versions and down
to the current version, reinstalled xinetd from www.xinetd.org and followed
a host of different sources recommending what I should do.
I am getting confusing errors from the html side, and what is being logged
in the maillog file.
HTTP side:
I can get logged in and browse my mail folders, but I cannot receive new
mail or send mail, or move mails between established folders. When sending
new e-mail, I get the following error:
Send Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
ROOT side:
I can 'telnet <servername> pop4' and get the pop server to respond, log in
and out, view the inbox..etc, but that's about it.
LOG files:
My log files do not correspond with the HTML error messages. I know these
are not uncommon errors, I just can't find anything specific on them.
maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: Stats: <account> 0 0 0 0
<servername> <IPAddress>
maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing output
to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
(/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
I have tried locating the popper executable in the /usr/sbin/popper
directory, but that doesn't seem to matter, the same error applies no matter
where the file is at.
I've read/sweated/frustrated on the FAQ's from qpopper. My xinetd.conf
reflects the currect consensus configuration for running the POP services.
Any takers on helping out?
Thanks in advance....
-Tony
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:59:54 -0400
From: Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
At 06:21 PM 5/14/02, Alston, Tony wrote:
>Has anyone resolved the error with xinetd and qpopper 4? I have followed
>the examples to excruciating detail, have backtracked up versions and down
>to the current version, reinstalled xinetd from www.xinetd.org and followed
>a host of different sources recommending what I should do.
>
>I am getting confusing errors from the html side, and what is being logged
>in the maillog file.
>
>HTTP side:
HTTP side of WHAT?
Qpopper isn't a web server, and neither is xinetd.
>I can get logged in and browse my mail folders, but I cannot receive new
>mail or send mail, or move mails between established folders. When sending
>new e-mail, I get the following error:
> Send Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
Look into whatever package (not xinetd or qpopper) which is providing you
with service.
>ROOT side:
>
>I can 'telnet <servername> pop4' and get the pop server to respond, log in
>and out, view the inbox..etc, but that's about it.
There is no pop4.
Try:
telnet <servername> 110
or:
telnet <servername> pop3
>LOG files:
>
>My log files do not correspond with the HTML error messages. I know these
>are not uncommon errors, I just can't find anything specific on them.
>
>maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: Stats: <account> 0 0 0 0
><servername> <IPAddress>
>maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing output
>to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
>
>messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
>(/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
>
>I have tried locating the popper executable in the /usr/sbin/popper
>directory, but that doesn't seem to matter, the same error applies no matter
>where the file is at.
>
>I've read/sweated/frustrated on the FAQ's from qpopper. My xinetd.conf
>reflects the currect consensus configuration for running the POP services.
>
>Any takers on helping out?
where'd you get the xinetd config for popper? What's it look like?
>Thanks in advance....
>
>-Tony
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From: Jonathan Hilgeman <Jonathan.Hilgeman at ecx dot com>
Subject: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 16:42:16 -0700
Hi,
I'm new to the qpopper program, so you'll have to forgive me if I overlook
something obvious. Anyhow, I have a domain "newdomain.com" that I'm about to
assign to my server, and now I want to set up e-mail addresses:
bill at newdomain dot com
jorge at newdomain dot com
and so on...
How do I go about doing this? I don't have to add a new system account for
each of them, do I? (in the passwd file)
- Jonathan
Subject: Re: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 14 May 2002 20:58:08 -0700
On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 16:42, Jonathan Hilgeman wrote:
> I'm new to the qpopper program, so you'll have to forgive me if I overlook
> something obvious. Anyhow, I have a domain "newdomain.com" that I'm about to
> assign to my server, and now I want to set up e-mail addresses:
> bill at newdomain dot com
> jorge at newdomain dot com
> and so on...
> How do I go about doing this? I don't have to add a new system account for
> each of them, do I? (in the passwd file)
Mail first has to reach your system and get stored in mailboxes. Qpopper
doesn't do this. Qpopper only allows users to fetch mail from mailboxes.
To get mail into the mailboxes, you need a mail transfer agent (MTA)
such as sendmail or postfix, and a mail delivery agent (MDA) such as
procmail. Unadorned qpopper requires a native user per mailbox to own
the mailbox, but there may be 3rd party patches that allow one to work
around this.
It sounds like you're just getting started in setting up a mail server,
so you should go check out the support resources for whatever MTA and OS
you're using. Qpopper is only an issue once you get the MTA working.
From: "Justin Ainsworth" <jda at sunset dot net>
Subject: RE: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 18:28:58 -0700
Usually yes, unless you are using a patched version of Qpopper that is
able to do lookups out of LDAP, or an SQL database.
.~.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hilgeman [mailto:Jonathan.Hilgeman at ecx dot com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:42 PM
> To: Subscribers of Qpopper
> Subject: New to QPopper - Adding Mailboxes
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm new to the qpopper program, so you'll have to forgive me
> if I overlook something obvious. Anyhow, I have a domain
> "newdomain.com" that I'm about to assign to my server, and
> now I want to set up e-mail addresses: bill at newdomain dot com
> jorge at newdomain dot com and so on... How do I go about doing
> this? I don't have to add a new system account for each of
> them, do I? (in the passwd file)
>
> - Jonathan
>
>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 22:08:35 -1000
From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr at lava dot net>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 04:21:32PM -0600, Alston, Tony wrote:
> Has anyone resolved the error with xinetd and qpopper 4?
What error? They work perfectly together.
> I have followed
> the examples to excruciating detail,
What examples from where?
> have backtracked up versions and down
> to the current version, reinstalled xinetd from www.xinetd.org and followed
> a host of different sources recommending what I should do.
>
> I am getting confusing errors from the html side, and what is being logged
> in the maillog file.
>
> HTTP side:
>
> I can get logged in and browse my mail folders but I cannot receive new
> mail or send mail or move mails between established folders. When sending
> new e-mail, I get the following error:
> Send Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
What does HTTP have to do with this? And how are you browsing mail
folders or sending mail from an HTTP connection?
For that matter, you can't normally connect to multiple folders, send
mail, or move mails between folders with POP. POP deals only with your
one "INBOX" folder and retrieving mail from it; it's the only folder
that exists as far as POP is concerned. SMTP is used to send mail.
The only protocol which might be dealing with moving mail between
folders is IMAP.
> ROOT side:
What's that supposed to mean?
> I can 'telnet <servername> pop4' and get the pop server to respond, log in
> and out, view the inbox..etc, but that's about it.
That and a few more commands (dele, uidl, etc.) are about all that POP
servers do... which is kind of surprising that you're getting that far
given that "pop4" is not any normal service definition.
> LOG files:
>
> My log files do not correspond with the HTML error messages.
What HTML error messages? HTML shouldn't come into the picture at all.
Stick to POP (pop3). Can you make a connection to the server on the
pop3 port (110)? Does it work?
> I know these
> are not uncommon errors, I just can't find anything specific on them.
> maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: Stats: <account> 0 0 0 0
> <servername> <IPAddress>
> maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing output
> to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
>
> messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
> (/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
Is this where your popper binary is located? What is the ownership and
permissions on the file? In other words, what does
"ls -l /usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper" show?
-- Clifton
--
Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- cliftonr at lava dot net
"What do we need to make our world come alive?
What does it take to make us sing?
While we're waiting for the next one to arrive..." - Sisters of Mercy
From: "Alston, Tony" <Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws>
Subject: RE: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 08:44:49 -0600
Ok Folks, first of all - give me a bit of humility. I certainly didn't
need the private tongue lashing I got from a few of you, I simply wanted
help - I did not request an email reprimand. I'm quite surprised at the
level of hostility on this list when 1) the archives for redundant questions
as mine are down and 2) the process I use are good - the terminology may be
different.. you _should_ be adult enough to adapt.
Having said all of that, I'll try again to answer the main questions and
perhaps someone will be willing to assist again, and at the same time try
not to be lengthy.
>I'm currently running qPopper 4.0.3 under Redhat 7.2 and xinetd.
>What options did you set when you compiled qpopper.
I compiled with --enable-chunky-writes=1 (i.e. ./configure
--enable-chunky-writes=1)
>HTTP side of WHAT?
>
>Qpopper isn't a web server, and neither is xinetd.
All true, but there IS the httpd interface used, otherwise what's the use of
a POP account? When I use a web browser to connect to the POP account, it
errors.
>Look into whatever package (not xinetd or qpopper) which is
>providing you with service.
I'm using MailMan (www.endymion.com) which worked just peachy until I
upgraded to 7.1 and xinetd. I checked the endymion issues, and nothing
indicates that it is this service.
>There is no pop4.
There is if you decide to create your service called 'pop4'. I could have
easily used pop3, this is a terminology issue. telnet <servicename> 110 is
probably what I should have used. Regardless, the service is valid on my
system.
>where'd you get the xinetd config for popper? What's it look like?
Here's part of my xinetd.conf file that pertains to popper:
# default: on
# description: Start the POP service for e-mail
service pop4
{
# disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/popper
server_args = popper -s
port = 110
}
I got this from the qpopper.com website; FAQ's.
>What examples from where?
see www.qpopper.com/qpopper/faq.html and the RedHat 7.1 newsgroups
pertaining to qpopper, POP3 and xinetd services.
>What does HTTP have to do with this? And how are you
>browsing mail folders or sending mail from an HTTP connection?
HTTP has everything to do with it - if you're using a web browser to view
the emails for the POP account. I suppose there's a number of ways to read
the POP account mail, http is one way. Haven't you ever heard of Hotmail?
>> ROOT side:
>What's that supposed to mean?
Meaning the root account on the system (the god-mode account).
>What HTML error messages? HTML shouldn't come into the
>picture at all.
The HTML error message is this:
Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
I realize html shouldn't come into the picture. The reason I included it
was because of the conflicting message the html returned via what is being
logged in the maillog as an error:
maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing
output
to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
>Can you make a connection to the server on the
>pop3 port (110)? Does it work?
Yes and Yes.
>Is this where your popper binary is located? What is the ownership and
>permissions on the file? In other words, what does
>"ls -l /usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper" show?
My binary is at /usr/local/sbin (I have since re-installed it again since
/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper - so translate the location in your head)
ls -l /usr/local/sbin/popper shows:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 441239 May 14 15:48
/usr/local/sbin/popper
I have added popper:ALL to my /etc/hosts.allow file with no apparent
success.
If you want to help, ok - please don't verbally bash me.
Thanks again.
-Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Alston, Tony [mailto:Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 4:22 PM
To: Subscribers of Qpopper
Subject: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Has anyone resolved the error with xinetd and qpopper 4? I have followed
the examples to excruciating detail, have backtracked up versions and down
to the current version, reinstalled xinetd from www.xinetd.org and followed
a host of different sources recommending what I should do.
I am getting confusing errors from the html side, and what is being logged
in the maillog file.
HTTP side:
I can get logged in and browse my mail folders, but I cannot receive new
mail or send mail, or move mails between established folders. When sending
new e-mail, I get the following error:
Send Error: Could not connect to server <servername>
ROOT side:
I can 'telnet <servername> pop4' and get the pop server to respond, log in
and out, view the inbox..etc, but that's about it.
LOG files:
My log files do not correspond with the HTML error messages. I know these
are not uncommon errors, I just can't find anything specific on them.
maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: Stats: <account> 0 0 0 0
<servername> <IPAddress>
maillog: May 14 15:55:56 <server> popper[16196]: I/O error flushing output
to client <account> at <server> [IPAddress]: Operation not permitted (1)
messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
(/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
I have tried locating the popper executable in the /usr/sbin/popper
directory, but that doesn't seem to matter, the same error applies no matter
where the file is at.
I've read/sweated/frustrated on the FAQ's from qpopper. My xinetd.conf
reflects the currect consensus configuration for running the POP services.
Any takers on helping out?
Thanks in advance....
-Tony
From: Sebastien Renard <Sebastien.Renard at digitalfox.homeip dot net>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:09:57 +0200
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Le Mercredi 15 Mai 2002 16:44, Alston, Tony a écrit :
> HTTP has everything to do with it - if you're using a web browser to view
> the emails for the POP account. I suppose there's a number of ways to read
> the POP account mail, http is one way. Haven't you ever heard of Hotmail?
Well this is the job of a webmail software. Qpopper is only a pop server...
Qpopper<-----POP3------>WebMailSoftware<-->WebServer<----http--->Browser.
BTW, anyone know a good webmail handling APOP ?
- --
Sebastien Renard
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 11:40:56 -0400
From: Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
>
>Le Mercredi 15 Mai 2002 16:44, Alston, Tony a écrit :
> > HTTP has everything to do with it - if you're using a web browser to
view
> > the emails for the POP account. I suppose there's a number of ways to
read
> > the POP account mail, http is one way. Haven't you ever heard of
Hotmail?
>
>Well this is the job of a webmail software. Qpopper is only a pop server...
>
>Qpopper<-----POP3------>WebMailSoftware<-->WebServer<----http--->Browser.
Good flow chart. Sounds like Tony has his qpopper working (buried in his
last message, he said it worked fine when telnetting to port 110).
>BTW, anyone know a good webmail handling APOP ?
Hmmm, I use NOCC, but it doesn't do APOP. Then again, I run it on the same
server as my POP server, so there's no real point I guess.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Senie dts at senie dot com
Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com
From: Mark <admin at asarian-host dot net>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:46:07 +0200
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alston, Tony" <Tony.Alston at wipp dot ws>
To: "Subscribers of Qpopper" <qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 12:21 AM
Subject: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
> > Qpopper isn't a web server, and neither is xinetd.
>
> All true, but there IS the httpd interface used, otherwise what's the use
> of a POP account?
Uh, I dunno; to retrieve mail, perhaps? :) HTTP, though, as has been pointed
out, has nothing to do with POP whatsoever, despite your protest to the
contrary.
> When I use a web browser to connect to the POP account,
> it errors.
You do not use a web-browser to connect to your POP account. Your
web-browser and POP do not communicate with one another at all.
What you mean, probably, is that a CGI, run from a web-page, makes a socket
connection to port 110. That is all. Depending on your setup, either xinetd
calls qpopper, or you had qpopper running as a daemon. Either way, HTTP has
nothing to do with it.
> {
> socket_type = stream
> protocol = tcp
> wait = no
> user = root
> server = /usr/local/sbin/popper
> server_args = popper -s
> port = 110
> }
I am not a xinetd expert, but should you not add this line on top?
flags = REUSE NAMEINARGS
> messages: May 14 15:56:30 <server> xinetd[16120]: execv
(/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper ) failed: Permission denied (errno = 13)
> ls -l /usr/local/sbin/popper shows:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 441239 May 14 15:48
> /usr/local/sbin/popper
Well, which is it? Is it "/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper" or
"/usr/local/sbin/popper"? Cuz your web-application seems to think it is at
"/usr/qpopper4.0.4/popper".
>> ROOT side: What's that supposed to mean?
Since you connect to a service, there should, permission-wise, essentially
be no difference between telnetting to port 110 from the prompt, vs. making
a socket connection from within a CGI -- both originate from localhost.
I would check your paths, first. My money is on adding "flags = REUSE
NAMEINARGS" to your xinetd setup, though.
- Mark
From: Sebastien Renard <Sebastien.Renard at digitalfox.homeip dot net>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:58:20 +0200
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Le Mercredi 15 Mai 2002 17:40, Daniel Senie a écrit :
> >BTW, anyone know a good webmail handling APOP ?
>
> Hmmm, I use NOCC, but it doesn't do APOP. Then again, I run it on the same
> server as my POP server, so there's no real point I guess.
My user list and password is in the popauth file. Qpopper can do classic pop3
with such a file for authentification ? So I switch my qpopper to POP with
the popauth file and i can use any webmail ?
- --
Sebastien
____________________________________
Les veufs pleurent le plaisir qu'ils avaient a tromper leur femme.
Montesquieu.
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:50:12 -0400
From: Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
At 11:58 AM 5/15/02, you wrote:
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>
>Le Mercredi 15 Mai 2002 17:40, Daniel Senie a écrit :
>
> > >BTW, anyone know a good webmail handling APOP ?
> >
> > Hmmm, I use NOCC, but it doesn't do APOP. Then again, I run it on the
same
> > server as my POP server, so there's no real point I guess.
>
>My user list and password is in the popauth file. Qpopper can do classic
pop3
>with such a file for authentification ? So I switch my qpopper to POP with
>the popauth file and i can use any webmail ?
Perhaps someone else on the list can answer these questions. I don't use
popath, and so have not explored the ramifications of having user
authentication lists in those files.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Senie dts at senie dot com
Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com
From: Anthony Dunne <anthony at eglobaldoctor dot com>
Subject: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 17:23:17 +0800
Hi,
I am running RedHat7.2 with Qmail as my MTA.
All mail is delivered to /home/user/Mailbox.
I have tried to set up qpopper to read the mail spool from the Mailbox by
using a config file from xinetd:
service pop3
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/in.popper
server_args = qpopper -s -f
/usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf
port = 110
}
The file /usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf contains 2 lines:
set tracefile = /usr/local/qpopper/tracefile
set home-dir-mail = Mailbox
When I try to connect, the error is "Unable to process config file", and the
tracefile reports
"Config file /usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf line 2 too long"
How do I get qpopper to read the mail from qmail's Mailboxes?
Thanks,
Anthony Dunne
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 14:58:34 +0200
From: Martin Kellermann <Kellermann at sk-datentechnik dot com>
Subject: I/O error flushing output to client
hi all!
i searched already alot concerning the following qpopper error, but did not
find an
satisfying answer.
i ran qpopper 4.0.4 on linux 2.4.18
no ssl, mysql or any other "special" enabled. just simple pop3.
sometimes the log shows:
popper[]: I/O error flushing output to client blah at blah [blah]:
Operation not permitted (1)
what does this really mean, and when will it occur?
i dont think it´s just some network connection troubles...or is it?
thanx
MK
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:54:02 -0400
From: Daniel Senie <dts at senie dot com>
Subject: Re: I/O error flushing output to client
At 08:58 AM 5/16/02, Martin Kellermann wrote:
>hi all!
>
>i searched already alot concerning the following qpopper error, but did
>not find an
>satisfying answer.
>i ran qpopper 4.0.4 on linux 2.4.18
>no ssl, mysql or any other "special" enabled. just simple pop3.
>sometimes the log shows:
>
>popper[]: I/O error flushing output to client blah at blah [blah]:
>Operation not permitted (1)
>
>what does this really mean, and when will it occur?
Client (remote machine) closed the connection, qpopper tried to write to
the socket, but the TCP session was already closed by the kernel on the
server in response to the close from the client.
>i dont think it´s just some network connection troubles...or is it?
See if your client gave up. That's the usual cause.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Daniel Senie dts at senie dot com
Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:18:44 +0200
From: Martin Kellermann <Kellermann at sk-datentechnik dot com>
Subject: Re: I/O error flushing output to client
At 09:54 16.05.02 -0400, you wrote:
>At 08:58 AM 5/16/02, Martin Kellermann wrote:
>>hi all!
>>
>>i searched already alot concerning the following qpopper error, but did
>>not find an
>>satisfying answer.
>>i ran qpopper 4.0.4 on linux 2.4.18
>>no ssl, mysql or any other "special" enabled. just simple pop3.
>>sometimes the log shows:
>>
>>popper[]: I/O error flushing output to client blah at blah [blah]:
>>Operation not permitted (1)
>>
>>what does this really mean, and when will it occur?
>
>Client (remote machine) closed the connection, qpopper tried to write to
>the socket, but the TCP session was already closed by the kernel on the
>server in response to the close from the client.
ok, sounds good :) thanks.
so i can safely ignore this messages, because the connection is ALWAYS
closed by the remote machine?
or can this error also be generated by a messed up local tcp socket or
another weird local problem?
>>i dont think it´s just some network connection troubles...or is it?
>
>See if your client gave up. That's the usual cause.
something else:
can i suppress the "-ERR POP EOF or I/O Error" (that occurs, for example
when client telnets port 110, logs in and then kills telnet session without
logging out) without patching the sources?
some of my clients are using a "broken" mailer software that behaves like
explained, and my logs are full of " -ERR POP EOF or I/O Error"...
thanx
MK
From: =?iso-8859-15?q?César Augusto Seronni Filho?= <listas at kernelinformatica.com dot br>
Subject: performace with some kind of dial clients
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 16:50:41 -0300
Hi guys, I am having troble with qpopper performace with some kind of client.
First I have one email server running on Red Hat 7.2 Linux with sendmail and
qpopper. And I have 3 kind of email client, first kind is my LAN, second is
ADSL from Internet and the last is dialup laptops from Internet.
To send email, all my clients have exellent performace(so sendmail is ok).
To receive theirs emails, clients from LAN and ADSL works fast too, but my
clients who try to receive their emails with dialup conection from Internet
works too slow and aways stop the transmition with +-40% of data received. :(
The mailbox of this clients have aways anexed files with +-1MB
Ah, I try to use ipop3d and have the same problem :(
I configure qpopper with this options:
./configure --enable-servermode --enable-standalone --disable-status
--enable-chunky-writes=2
and i run it with this:
popper -R -F -s
Anyone can help me with this?
Any sugestion?
tks
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 16 May 2002 17:23:57 -0700
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 02:23, Anthony Dunne wrote:
> server_args = qpopper -s -f
> /usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf
Don't you need "flags = NAMEINARGS"?
> The file /usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf contains 2 lines:
>
> set tracefile = /usr/local/qpopper/tracefile
> set home-dir-mail = Mailbox
>
> When I try to connect, the error is "Unable to process config file", and the
> tracefile reports
> "Config file /usr/local/qpopper/qpopper-conf line 2 too long"
Does the 2nd line end in a newline? Do both lines end in newlines and
not CRLF's?
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 16 May 2002 19:09:46 -0700
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:51, Drew wrote:
> No you don't need "flags = NAMEINARGS" the qpopper faq's shows you how to set up
> xinetd for redhat 7.xx
You mean by leaving the name out of the args, or something else?
I looked at the FAQ and at "man xinetd.conf" and it looks like the FAQ
is wrong. You either need NAMEINARGS or you need to take the "qpopper"
out of server_args. (I use NAMEINARGS in my setup.)
(Please reply to the list, not directly to me, so others will benefit
from the answer.)
Subject: RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 16 May 2002 19:28:27 -0700
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 18:32, Anthony Dunne wrote:
> Thanks,
> the newline issue solved the problem - all I needed was 1 more keystroke:
> shheesh!
I've seen other programs barf when the last line lacked a newline, and
I've written parsing code so I have a feel for things that can go wrong.
> What does "flags = NAMEINARGS" achieve? I have "flags = reuse" instead,
> which I read in a previous post. Which 1 do I need?
It depends. ;-) See "man xinetd.conf".
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 12:36:40 +1000
From: Drew <drew at patash.com dot au>
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Hi Kenneth,
Well all I can say is I don't have "flags = NAMEINARGS" in my xinetd file for ipop3
and qpopper is working ok with no errors. This is what is my xinted ipop3 file.
service pop3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
port = 110
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/popper
server_args = qpopper -s
}
I have look at the other service in xinetd and they don't seem to have "flags
NAMEINARGS" but they do use server_args.
Andrew
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 17:51, Drew wrote:
> > No you don't need "flags = NAMEINARGS" the qpopper faq's shows you how to set up
> > xinetd for redhat 7.xx
>
> You mean by leaving the name out of the args, or something else?
>
> I looked at the FAQ and at "man xinetd.conf" and it looks like the FAQ
> is wrong. You either need NAMEINARGS or you need to take the "qpopper"
> out of server_args. (I use NAMEINARGS in my setup.)
>
> (Please reply to the list, not directly to me, so others will benefit
> from the answer.)
From: Anthony Dunne <anthony at eglobaldoctor dot com>
Subject: RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:15:31 +0800
Many thanks to Daniel Senie and Kenneth Porter for their help! Problem
solved.
One issue remains - the transmission speed over a 100Mb/sec network is very
sloooowwww.
This is true for pop3 and ftp - only can get about 10kb/sec.
Red Hat qpopper server is on a external network with firewall/DNS server
inbetween RH7.2 and my Winnt workstation. pop3 and ftp logins are very fast
(after removing USERID from xinetd.d/wu-ftpd) but upload/download speed is
poor on both.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Anthony Dunne
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Senie [mailto:dts at senie dot com]
Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:54 AM
To: Anthony Dunne
Subject: RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
At 09:43 PM 5/16/02, you wrote:
>I made up this config file myself after being unable to find one in the
>package. I installed qpopper from an rpm on RH7.2 and it had no way to
start
>the daemon using xinetd, so I tried to adapt the line
>"pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/popper qpopper -s"
>found in the GUIDE.pdf, into a xinetd-compatible file. No good, huh?
>
>What should the config file be?
Try using this for the xinetd file. Note that I use config files to enable
TLS and such.
service pop3
{
flags = REUSE NAMEINARGS
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/popper
server_args = popper -f /etc/qpopper.cfg -s
instances = 50
disable = no
port = 110
per_source = 10
}
service pop3s
{
flags = REUSE NAMEINARGS
socket_type = stream
wait = no
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/popper
server_args = popper -f /etc/qpopper995.cfg -s
instances = 50
disable = no
per_source = 10
}
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Daniel Senie dts at senie dot com
Amaranth Networks Inc. http://www.amaranth.com
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 16 May 2002 19:48:59 -0700
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 19:36, Drew wrote:
> Hi Kenneth,
>
> Well all I can say is I don't have "flags = NAMEINARGS" in my xinetd file for ipop3
> and qpopper is working ok with no errors. This is what is my xinted ipop3 file.
>
> service pop3
> {
> disable = no
> socket_type = stream
> protocol = tcp
> port = 110
> wait = no
> user = root
> server = /usr/sbin/popper
> server_args = qpopper -s
> }
>
>
> I have look at the other service in xinetd and they don't seem to have "flags
> NAMEINARGS" but they do use server_args.
Strange. According to "man xinetd.conf", that should pass "qpopper" in
argv[1] and qpopper should see that as a bad argument. However, the
startup code may simply ignore anything without a leading "-" when not
run in standalone mode.
I just ran this:
egrep "(flags|server_args)" /etc/xinetd.d/*
The only service which includes the name in the args and lacks
NAMEINARGS is linuxconf. I've never tried to use that remotely (and now
know I need to remove it) so I've never gotten an error from trying it.
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 14:12:44 +1000
From: Drew <drew at patash.com dot au>
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Yep, your right, its most likely ignoring it. I will put the "flags = NAMEINARGS" option
in and see what changes.
I've just moved over to redhat to run a virus scanning program all all e-mail services,
and its a lot different than the old slakeware linux which I've been running for the last
5 years so xinetd is new to me.
Andrew
Kenneth Porter wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 19:36, Drew wrote:
> > Hi Kenneth,
> >
> > Well all I can say is I don't have "flags = NAMEINARGS" in my xinetd file for ipop3
> > and qpopper is working ok with no errors. This is what is my xinted ipop3 file.
> >
> > service pop3
> > {
> > disable = no
> > socket_type = stream
> > protocol = tcp
> > port = 110
> > wait = no
> > user = root
> > server = /usr/sbin/popper
> > server_args = qpopper -s
> > }
> >
> >
> > I have look at the other service in xinetd and they don't seem to have "flags
> > NAMEINARGS" but they do use server_args.
>
> Strange. According to "man xinetd.conf", that should pass "qpopper" in
> argv[1] and qpopper should see that as a bad argument. However, the
> startup code may simply ignore anything without a leading "-" when not
> run in standalone mode.
>
> I just ran this:
>
> egrep "(flags|server_args)" /etc/xinetd.d/*
>
> The only service which includes the name in the args and lacks
> NAMEINARGS is linuxconf. I've never tried to use that remotely (and now
> know I need to remove it) so I've never gotten an error from trying it.
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 16 May 2002 21:28:17 -0700
On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 21:12, Drew wrote:
> I've just moved over to redhat to run a virus scanning program all all e-mail services,
> and its a lot different than the old slakeware linux which I've been running for the last
> 5 years so xinetd is new to me.
Which one? I'm using the Procmail Sanitizer. Only problem is, the recent
Klez outbreak forges the From lines, so the complaints all go to the
innocent.
From: =?iso-8859-15?q?César Augusto Seronni Filho?= <listas at kernelinformatica.com dot br>
Subject: more info about (performace with some kind of dial clients)
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:46:20 -0300
Guys I found more info about this problem. Its just occours with some
accounts. ex:
If I configured one client with one account that I am having this problem,
its works slow and I cant complete the tranference of emails. But if I
configured the same machine with another account(one that was working fast)
its work fast too. So that problem is happening with some accounts only.
Any sugestion?
tks again
>Hi guys, I am having troble with qpopper performace with some kind of client.
>First I have one email server running on Red Hat 7.2 Linux with sendmail and
>qpopper. And I have 3 kind of email client, first kind is my LAN, second is
>ADSL from Internet and the last is dialup laptops from Internet.
>To send email, all my clients have exellent performace(so sendmail is ok).
>To receive theirs emails, clients from LAN and ADSL works fast too, but my
>clients who try to receive their emails with dialup conection from Internet
>works too slow and aways stop the transmition with +-40% of data received. :(
>The mailbox of this clients have aways anexed files with +-1MB
>
>Ah, I try to use ipop3d and have the same problem :(
>I configure qpopper with this options:
>./configure --enable-servermode --enable-standalone --disable-status
>--enable-chunky-writes=2
>and i run it with this:
>popper -R -F -s
>
>Anyone can help me with this?
>Any sugestion?
>
>tks
Subject: Mail content filtering software
From: Kenneth Porter <shiva at well dot com>
Date: 17 May 2002 19:06:42 -0700
On Fri, 2002-05-17 at 06:33, Daniel Senie wrote:
> I'm curious too. We developed our own solution, which we're considering
> marketing. It does a true virus scan on all attachments and rejects mail
> that contains viruses.
Check this out:
Bypassing Content Filtering Software
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5DP0I206AY.html
This reveals several ways in which MS mail clients will find bad content
in spite of content filtering. I'm cc'ing the list as I think all mail
admins and mail software vendors should be aware of this.
From: "Michael Caplan" <michael at social-ecology dot org>
Subject: Configuring Qpopper with SSL and APOP
Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 19:11:05 -0400
Hi,
I am working on a new install of Qpopper that runs over SSL or uses APOP
authentication. I am having difficulties configuring pop.options. I am
receiving the following error with the below config: "unable to process
config file /ect/mail.pop.options.
set debug
set tls-private-key-file = '/etc/mail/certs/key.pem'
set tls-server-cert-file = '/etc/mail/certs/cert.pem'
set tls-support = stls
set log-facility = local0
set tls-support = alternate-port
set clear-text-password = tls
set chunky-writes = tls
According to my understanding of the Qpopper manual, the syntax is right.
Any ideas why it is having difficulties with this?
Thanks,
Michael Caplan
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 16:07:48 +0100
From: peter.allen at moon-light.co dot uk
Subject: Re: Configuring Qpopper with SSL and APOP
At the risk of pointing out the obvious, is it because it is looking for a
configuration file in /ect (rather than /etc) ?
At 19:11 19/05/02 -0400, Michael Caplan wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am working on a new install of Qpopper that runs over SSL or uses APOP
>authentication. I am having difficulties configuring pop.options. I am
>receiving the following error with the below config: "unable to process
>config file /ect/mail.pop.options.
>
>set debug
>set tls-private-key-file = '/etc/mail/certs/key.pem'
>set tls-server-cert-file = '/etc/mail/certs/cert.pem'
>set tls-support = stls
>set log-facility = local0
>set tls-support = alternate-port
>set clear-text-password = tls
>set chunky-writes = tls
>
>
>According to my understanding of the Qpopper manual, the syntax is right.
>Any ideas why it is having difficulties with this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michael Caplan
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:28:43 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: Re: Multiple qpoppers on one machine?
At 10:28 AM -0700 5/10/02, John Oliver wrote:
> I'm working on setting up a virtual mail server with several chrooted
> users, each with their own sendmail and spools. I need to either have a
> seperate instance of qpopper for each, or have the qpopper in inetd be
> able to tell, by the destination IP of an incoming request, which spool
> to work from. I can't find anything in the docs so far... can anyone
> point me in the right direction?
You could run multiple instances of Qpopper in standalone mode, with
each one told which interface to listen on, and which spool directory
to use.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:33:32 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: Re: Archives and web site?
At 12:31 PM -0700 5/14/02, John Oliver wrote:
> Is there any way to get at the list archives with the web site not
> responding?
The web site seems to be responding, but to answer your question,
yes, you can access the archives via email. Try sending a message
whose body is "help" (without the quotes, of course) to
qpopper-request at lists.pensive dot org, or, click here
<mailto:qpopper-request at lists.pensive dot org?body=help>.
> And is there anyone on this list who answers questions? :-) Since I
> subscribed, I've seen nothing but a few questions with no answers... :-(
Must be timing. There are a many very knowledgeable and helpful
members who regularly post answers and suggestions.
> I want to know if there's a way to make the qpopper banner give a
> different hostname than the machine's hostname...
I think you'd have to patch the source for that.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:43:11 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: RE: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
At 8:44 AM -0600 5/15/02, Tony Alston wrote:
> All true, but there IS the httpd interface used, otherwise what's the use of
> a POP account? When I use a web browser to connect to the POP account, it
> errors.
I think it's still more common to access email using a local email
program, such as Eudora <http://www.eudora.com>, Netscape
<http://www.netscape.com>, or any of the many other fine or nasty
ones available. Many people do use a web interface to get to their
mail, but in general it's easier, faster, and more powerful to use a
special-purpose mail program.
To avoid confusing things, you might be better of making sure
everything works when you use a mail program, and then trying to set
up the web interface.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:45:32 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: Re: RH7.1 and QPopper 4.0.4
At 5:58 PM +0200 5/15/02, Sebastien Renard wrote:
> My user list and password is in the popauth file. Qpopper can do classic pop3
> with such a file for authentification ? So I switch my qpopper to POP with
> the popauth file and i can use any webmail ?
Qpopper doesn't use the popauth-set password when authenticating with
plain-text passwords. You could use a script to extract the popauth
passwords and make them the system passwords, I suppose. It does
defeat the purpose of having popauth passwords (which is to keep them
from being transmitted over the network).
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:30:16 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: Re: trouble w/ setting up qpopper ssl use
At 6:07 PM -0400 5/11/02, Bernd Prager wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm trying to set up qpopper-4.0.4 with openssl-0.9.6.
> I followed the manual step by step.
> I recompiled "--with-openssl".
> When I "set clear-text-password = default"
> in qpopper.conf it works still fine.
> When I "set clear-text-password = ssl"
> I get the error message in Outlook Express:
> ---- snip -------------
> The server responded with an error. Account: 'Home', Server:
> 'mail.myhost.bla',
> Protocol: POP3, Server Response: 'Unable to process config file
> /etc/popper.conf',
> Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Server Error: 0x800CCC90, Error Number:
> 0x800CCC90
> ---- snip -------------
> And maillog reports:
> May 11 18:02:35 myhost popper[23957]: Unrecognized "clear-text-password"
> mnemonic; scanning "ssl" at line 79 of config file /etc/popper.conf; valid
> mnemonics are: "default", "always", "local" [pop_config.c:1419]
>
> (BTW I use popper as xinet service.)
> Can anybody give me a hand here please?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> -- Bernd
It sounds to me like the Qpopper that is executing was not compiled
with openssl support, but there could be something else going on.
Have you tried running Qpopper with debug tracing and seeing what it
says?
To enable tracing in Qpopper:
1. Do a 'make clean'
2. Re-run ./configure, adding '--enable-debugging'.
3. Edit the inetd.conf line for Qpopper, adding '-d' or '-t <tracefile-path>'.
4. Send inetd (or xinetd) a HUP signal.
(Steps 3 and 4 are only needed if you use inetd (or xinetd). In
standalone mode, you can add '-d' or '-t <tracefile-path>' to the
command line directly.)
(In either standalone or inetd mode, if you use a configuration file
you can add 'set debug' or 'set tracefile = <tracefile>' to either a
global or user-specific configuration file instead of steps 3 and 4.)
This causes detailed tracing to be written to the syslog or to the
file specified as 'tracefile'.
--
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 16:30:31 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: Re: I/O error flushing output to client
At 4:18 PM +0200 5/16/02, Martin Kellermann wrote:
>>> popper[]: I/O error flushing output to client blah at blah
>>> [blah]: Operation not permitted (1)
>>>
>>> what does this really mean, and when will it occur?
>>
>> Client (remote machine) closed the connection, qpopper tried to
>> write to the socket, but the TCP session was already closed by the
>> kernel on the server in response to the close from the client.
>
> ok, sounds good :) thanks.
> so i can safely ignore this messages, because the connection is ALWAYS
> closed by the remote machine?
> or can this error also be generated by a messed up local tcp socket or
> another weird local problem?
It could be generated in response to some network problem, yes. Most
likely it is just a client that closes the connection without sending
'quit'.
> can i suppress the "-ERR POP EOF or I/O Error" (that occurs, for example
> when client telnets port 110, logs in and then kills telnet session without
> logging out) without patching the sources?
Not currently.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 14:51:34 -0700
From: Randall Gellens <randy at qualcomm dot com>
Subject: RE: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
At 11:15 AM +0800 5/17/02, Anthony Dunne wrote:
> One issue remains - the transmission speed over a 100Mb/sec network is very
> sloooowwww.
> This is true for pop3 and ftp - only can get about 10kb/sec.
> Red Hat qpopper server is on a external network with firewall/DNS server
> inbetween RH7.2 and my Winnt workstation. pop3 and ftp logins are very fast
> (after removing USERID from xinetd.d/wu-ftpd) but upload/download speed is
> poor on both.
You could try playing with the chunky-writes option and see if makes
any difference. I'd suggest a packet trace would help show what is
going on.
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 18:33:51 -0700
From: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+qpopper at yerkes dot com>
Subject: Re: "Unable to process config file" on qpopper
Quoting Anthony Dunne (anthony at eglobaldoctor dot com):
> Many thanks to Daniel Senie and Kenneth Porter for their help! Problem
> solved.
>
> One issue remains - the transmission speed over a 100Mb/sec network is very
> sloooowwww.
> This is true for pop3 and ftp - only can get about 10kb/sec.
It's not a qpopper issue if ftp has it too. So I'd ask elsewhere.
Except that I bet you that you have port auto negotiation happening.
Lock the card speeds and lock down your switch. Autoneg was great
when we first started getting 100base T stuff in. It's only a pain now.
Oh, also watch out for duplex. But you are having a network problem
not a popper problem.
The ttcp (google it) is a great little throughput test program.
> Red Hat qpopper server is on a external network with firewall/DNS server
> inbetween RH7.2 and my Winnt workstation. pop3 and ftp logins are very fast
> (after removing USERID from xinetd.d/wu-ftpd) but upload/download speed is
> poor on both.
> Any ideas?
Subject: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
From: Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 12:28:36 +0200
Hi
When I installed qpopper on Redhat7.2 I couldn't find /etc/inetd.conf ?
Anyone know where to pu the line that's read
pop stream tcp nowait ............................ ?
mvh
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From: "Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)" <pelle at spd dot nu>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:21:35 +0200
Hi!
RedHat uses Xinetd --> http://www.qpopper.org/qpopper/faq.html#xinetd
Best Regards Pelle Andersson
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Till: Subscribers of Qpopper
Amne: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Hi
When I installed qpopper on Redhat7.2 I couldn't find /etc/inetd.conf ?
Anyone know where to pu the line that's read
pop stream tcp nowait ............................ ?
mvh
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ITS Operations
Phone :+47 3801 7131 /+47 906 62 424
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Subject: Re: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
From: Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:35:41 +0200
Thank's for all the respond.
I made this file pop3 in the xinetd.d :
#popper config file for xinetd
service pop-3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
port = 110
wait = no
flags = NAMEINARGS
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/qpopper
server_args = qpopper -s
Then i restarted ran service xinetd restart
When I ran netstat -l I couldn't see the service ?
Couldn't run telnet localhost pop, connection refused, then I know the
110
port isn't running
mvh
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Drew
<drew at patash dot c To: Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/E
LKEM at elkem dot no
om.au> cc: Subscribers of Qpopper
<qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.2 /
Qpopper 404
22.05.02 13:23
Please respond
to drew
Redhat 7.2 uses xinetd, config files are in /etc/xinetd.d you will need
to
create a file like this. You can cal it something like ipop3. Then you
need
to run the command chkconfig --level 345 ipop3 on and /sbin/services xi
netd
restart.
Ypu should also read the man page on xinetd and xinetd.conf
# default: on
# description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
#=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 unencrypted username/password pairs for authenticat
ion.
service pop3
{
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 disable = no
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 socket_type=A0=A0=A0=A0 = stream
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 protocol=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = tcp
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 port=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = 110
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 wait=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = no
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 flags=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = NAMEINARG
S
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 user=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = root
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 server=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 = /usr/sbin/p
opper
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 server_args=A0=A0=A0=A0 = qpopper -s
}
Andrew
Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no wrote: Hi
When I installed qpopper on Redhat7.2 I couldn't find /etc/inetd.conf ?
Anyone know where to pu the line that's read
pop stream tcp nowait ............................=A0=A0=A0 ?
mvh
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ITS Operations
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From: "Pelle Andersson (SPD Systems AB)" <pelle at spd dot nu>
Subject: SV: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 14:18:00 +0200
Hi again!
Also try "service pop-3 restart"
When using xinetd the service starts when there are connections
to your qpopper pop3 server. Try "top -d 1" and then make
a connection to your qpopper pop3 server and see if something happens...
Best Regards Pelle Andersson
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----------------------------
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Fax: 046-522-353 44
Support email: support at spd dot nu
Private email: pelle at spd dot nu
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Skickat: den 22 maj 2002 13:36
Till: Subscribers of Qpopper
Ämne: Re: RedHat 7.2 / Qpopper 404
Thank's for all the respond.
I made this file pop3 in the xinetd.d :
#popper config file for xinetd
service pop-3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
port = 110
wait = no
flags = NAMEINARGS
user = root
server = /usr/local/sbin/qpopper
server_args = qpopper -s
Then i restarted ran service xinetd restart
When I ran netstat -l I couldn't see the service ?
Couldn't run telnet localhost pop, connection refused, then I know the 110
port isn't running
mvh
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ITS Operations
Phone :+47 3801 7131 /+47 906 62 424
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Drew
<drew at patash dot c To:
Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no
om.au> cc: Subscribers of Qpopper
<qpopper at lists.pensive dot org>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.2 /
Qpopper 404
22.05.02 13:23
Please respond
to drew
Redhat 7.2 uses xinetd, config files are in /etc/xinetd.d you will need to
create a file like this. You can cal it something like ipop3. Then you need
to run the command chkconfig --level 345 ipop3 on and /sbin/services xinetd
restart.
Ypu should also read the man page on xinetd and xinetd.conf
# default: on
# description: The telnet server serves telnet sessions; it uses \
# unencrypted username/password pairs for authentication.
service pop3
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
port = 110
wait = no
flags = NAMEINARGS
user = root
server = /usr/sbin/popper
server_args = qpopper -s
}
Andrew
Leif_Tolfsen/ERE/EUR/ELKEM at elkem dot no wrote: Hi
When I installed qpopper on Redhat7.2 I couldn't find /etc/inetd.conf ?
Anyone know where to pu the line that's read
pop stream tcp nowait ............................ ?
mvh
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Elkem ASA Shared Services
ITS Operations
Phone :+47 3801 7131 /+47 906 62 424
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