[PLUG] A mail question

[Charlie Schluting]

Rich Shepard wrote:
>   Trying to get my fiancee's machine to access her mail spool on the 
> server.
> This is what I have for qpopper:
> 
> [root at salmo ~]# locate qpopper /etc/mail/qpopper.config
> /etc/log.d/conf/services/in.qpopper.conf
> /etc/log.d/scripts/services/in.qpopper

You have a script somewhere... but is it even running?

>   But, when she tries to collect mail (with thunderchicken on the ThinkPad)
> a message box pops up "Cannot connect to salmo. Connection refused by
> server."

If using inetd/xinetd, check the config. Also, it should be listening on 
port 110. ('netstat -an | grep LISTEN' to view all ports in that state.)

If not using inetd, then ps should show a qpopper process running. Not 
sure if it even has a daemon mode, now that I think about it :)

Should be a few steps in the right direction. Sorry, I don't know any 
distro-specific gui's or tools to add things to various run-levels.

-Charlie