I was browsing the net to find help for a linux situation I was having and found linuxchix.org.. I'm a member of several other mailing lists.. But, hadn't heard a reply from them yet.. So, I thought I'd try here.. I'm not a girl, but I'm gay does that count? :) I am configuring a new Linux mail server. I have an old server that I configured in the past (sendmail, smtp, pop, etc.). I have completed absolutely everything and it's working famously.. even the DNS MX records.. But, I can't remember how I got around a POP security problem. I have installed default Red Hat Linux 6.1. Clients on the box like elm can send and receive mail. But, I have not yet told inetd that pop3 can be used from other computers on the internet.. I have changed /etc/inetd.conf and uncommented out pop3 (entry copied below): pop-3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d My associated /etc/services file has these entries: pop-3 110/tcp # POP version 3 pop-3 110/udp I restarted inetd. I even rebooted the box. But, still the client that tries to connect to port 110 (pop3) fails with error number 0x800CCC0F. I used 'netstat -a | grep pop' to verify that the port was being listened on. I tried telnetting to the machine and port 110 to see if I received the standard 'OK Pop server (....)' I would then know that my client is crazy. But, instead I'm immediately dropped out with "Connnection closed by foreign host". I know I need to make an entry somewhere to say go ahead and talk on the pop port, but I can't find it.. /etc/hosts.allow doesn't have anything but an unrelated portmapper entry on my original machine, so I don't think it's there. Any ideas? Glen http://glenjarvis.net _______________________________________________ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
