POP server doenst work!

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3 total messages Started by Joe Lim Thu, 23 Nov 2000 00:00

#1242

Author: Joe Lim
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 00:00

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i'm linux redhat 6.2 freshan.

i'm wondering is Linux come with pop server with port number 21, in default?
but when i try to telnet locahost 110, i got error message,
connection refuse. how come!

Re: POP server doenst work!

#1245

Author: Uwe Newmiwaka
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 21:14

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Joe Lim wrote:
> 
> i'm linux redhat 6.2 freshan.
> 
> i'm wondering is Linux come with pop server with port number 21, in default?
> but when i try to telnet locahost 110, i got error message,
> connection refuse. how come!
Inspect your /etc/services, pop3 should have port 110 in this file.
Inspect /etc/inetd.conf. pop3 should be no comment in this file (leading
#).

Uwe

Re: POP server doenst work!

#1255

Author: William Pelish
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:00

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He is right because port 21 is used mostly for ftp

Will

"Uwe Newmiwaka" <uwe.newmiwaka@adcom.de> wrote in message
news:3A1EDA1F.489044B8@adcom.de...
> Joe Lim wrote:
> >
> > i'm linux redhat 6.2 freshan.
> >
> > i'm wondering is Linux come with pop server with port number 21, in
default?
> > but when i try to telnet locahost 110, i got error message,
> > connection refuse. how come!
> Inspect your /etc/services, pop3 should have port 110 in this file.
> Inspect /etc/inetd.conf. pop3 should be no comment in this file (leading
> #).
>
> Uwe

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