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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ADiehl@hostmarriott.com)
Mon Nov 9 11:28:12 1998
From: ADiehl@hostmarriott.com
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 10:40:40 -0500
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Hi,
I've checked the archives for POP-3 related questions, I figured "mail" was
too vague. Please forgive if this has been answered before.
I am having problems with mail services. I want to set up
mail so that users can access their mail via POP-3. I have
tried to troubleshoot the problem in great detail and have
reached wits end. Here is what has been done, I will try
to be brief.
After much testing, I isolated the Linux machine and one
other UNIX machine on a hub with no other connections. The
machines were configured with the same IP scheme and ping
from host to host works. Sendmail seems to work. I can
send mail to local and remote users. Knowing that mail
exists in /var/spool/mail, I have tested with three mail
readers with multiple configurations. The readers are
/usr/bin/mail, Pine and Netscape. Here is a synopsis of
the results.
1. Remote client was unable to retrieve mail with Netscape
via POP-3 and IMAP-4.
2. Remote client was unable to retrieve mail with Pine
via IMAP.
3. On the server, /usr/bin/mail works and Pine works when
using default configuration. However, when configuring
to use the SMTP server (itself via IMAP) Pine is unable
to retrieve mail. It complains about a broken IMAP
connection. Also Netscape could not retrieve via POP-3
and failed when using "move mail" settings. At least at
this point, Netscape gave a clue about the mail directory
needing to be set with permissions 01777. This allowed
Netscape to work locally but still fails via POP-3.
I have checked /etc/services, /etc/inittab and /etc/inetd.conf.
I believe all TCP/IP services required are being started. The
Linux Network Administrators Guide seems to focus on smail
instead of sendmail. Should this be considered? Any help
will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Aaron Diehl
Sr. Database Administrator
Host Marriott Corporation
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