[Dbmail] dbmail-pop3d and dbmail-imapd will not bind to a port

[Scott Johnson]

I have dbmail 1.2.8b, running on a RH ES3 server. When I try to connect, I
get:

Connected to god.go2market.ca (192.168.1.241).
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

-maillog reports:

        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): found value
[127.0.0.1]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): searching 
value
for config item [db]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): found value
[dbmail]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): searching 
value
for config item [user]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): found value
[dbmail]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): searching 
value
for config item [pass]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: GetConfigValue(): found value
[test]
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: CreateSocket(): socket created
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: CreateSocket(): socket IP 
requested
[*] OK
        Jul  9 17:06:08 god dbmail/pop3d[4029]: CreateSocket(): could not bind
address to socket


I have tried setting the IP to the local and loop back IP's and neither
worked. Currently the files are owned by root and the entries in dbmail.conf
are as follows:


[POP]
EFFECTIVE_USER=root      # the user that dbmail-pop3d will run as (need to
be root to bind to a port<1024)
EFFECTIVE_GROUP=root     # the group that dbmail-pop3d will run as
BINDIP=*                  # ipaddress the dbmail-pop3d server has to bind
to, * for all addresses
PORT=110                          # the port number the dbmail-pop3d server
has to bind to.
NCHILDREN=50                      # default number of POP3 handlers (each is
a process)
MAXCHILDREN=200                   # mac. number of POP3 handlers
MAXCONNECTS=10000                 # the maximum number of connections a
default childs makes
TIMEOUT=300           # the time (s) before the dbmail-pop3d should shutdown
a connection which is being idle.
RESOLVE_IP=no                     # if yes, the pop daemon resolves IP
numbers to DNS names in the log
POP_BEFORE_SMTP=no
TRACE_LEVEL=5

[IMAP]
EFFECTIVE_USER=root
EFFECTIVE_GROUP=root
BINDIP=192.168.1.241
PORT=143
NCHILDREN=50
MAXCONNECTS=10000                 # the maximum number of connections a
default childs makes
TIMEOUT=4000                      # the time (s) before the dbmail-imapd
should shutdown a connection which is being idle.
RESOLVE_IP=no                    # if yes, the imap daemon resolves IP
numbers to DNS names in the log
IMAP_BEFORE_SMTP=no
TRACE_LEVEL=5


xinetd appears to be running correctly. I just replaced the old pop3d with
dbmail-pop3d in the xinetd config file. This appears to be working because
the application is opening when I open a connection to the port.

Thanks,

Scott Johnson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel.: (514) 917-4922
Fax: (514) 673-0011