Re: Please..Help! POP3

[Alan Christopherson <achristo prairie NoDak edu>]

>does the machine have a pop3 rule in /etc/inetd.conf?   Are you getting
>any /var/log/messages errors?   If you telnet in to that machine can you
>read the mail?

Yes, there is a pop3 rule in /etc/inetd.conf.

No, there are no messages regarding this.

No, if I telnet to port 110 I get the same message.

>> I have been having a little trouble with the pop3 services on a RH 5.2
server.
>> Having two identical servers up and running, one server gives the following
>> error when trying to retrieve mail via pop:
>> 'being read already' followed by the mail directory. Sendmail works on this
>> machine but not the pop3 service.
>> I am using no config. file on either machine. One machines pop services
>> work, the other doesn't.

Alan

P.S. Thanks for the reply...this seems to be a subject that generates
little response!

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Alan Christopherson                              achristo prairie nodak edu
North Dakota State University                 Network Systems Administrator
Electrical Engineering Department