Newbie: What about POP3

Hi,

maybe thats a strange question. I installed postfix (latest version from
postfix.org) successfully. I am able to send mails, but I am not able to
connect to the server using POP3/port 110.

Is there another deamon controlling the POP3-port? Must I install any
other package?

Purzel

> Hi,
>
> maybe thats a strange question. I installed postfix (latest version from
> postfix.org) successfully. I am able to send mails, but I am not able to
> connect to the server using POP3/port 110.
>
> Is there another deamon controlling the POP3-port? Must I install any
> other package?
>
> Purzel
HI!

I don't know if your question is related to postfix. If so: A MTA (like
postfix) never catches mails from anywhere. Try fetchmail.

Hi!

Purzel wrote:

> Is there another deamon controlling the POP3-port? Must I install any
> other package?

Yes. Postfix is a SMTP server, that is able to send mail only.

If you like to use a POP3 server you have to install one. Or choose an
IMAP-server, like Cyrus.

Greets, Michael

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 09:04:57 +0200, Michael Holtermann
<spamnov2003@gmx.de> wrote:

>Hi!
>
>Purzel wrote:
>
>> Is there another deamon controlling the POP3-port? Must I install any
>> other package?
>
>Yes. Postfix is a SMTP server, that is able to send mail only.
>
>If you like to use a POP3 server you have to install one. Or choose an
>IMAP-server, like Cyrus.

A friend of mine keeps telling me I should have an IMAP server, so I
am not saying this is wrong.

But, FWIW, I installed qpopper (http://www.eudora.com/qpopper/) which
works fine with postfix and was easy to install.

Maybe one day I will replace it with an IMAP server.

Jonathan

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