pop3 (stupid) question?

Hi, I have SuSE 8.0 and I've got Sendmail working ok but not pop3. I can
send emails but not receive. I have an account on the machine, and there
is mail in /var/spool/mail in a mail file called "nick" so I guess all
that side of things is ok. pop3 is running as a port scan using Languard
shows up port 25 and port 110 as being open.

When I try to connect using Turnpike, Pegasus or even Outlook Express,
no error is returned. They will connect and disconnect as though
everything is ok, but as if there is no mail for me.

Do I need another program to pick the mail sent by Sendmail and deposit
it ready for a pop3 mailer to pick it up?

What else could I be doing wrong?

Thanks,

Nick
--
Nick @ noslow . org . uk

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 18:33:46 +0100, Nick <Nick@dev.null> wrote:

>Hi, I have SuSE 8.0 and I've got Sendmail working ok but not pop3. I can
>send emails but not receive. I have an account on the machine, and there
>is mail in /var/spool/mail in a mail file called "nick" so I guess all
>that side of things is ok. pop3 is running as a port scan using Languard
>shows up port 25 and port 110 as being open.
>
>When I try to connect using Turnpike, Pegasus or even Outlook Express,
>no error is returned. They will connect and disconnect as though
>everything is ok, but as if there is no mail for me.
>
>Do I need another program to pick the mail sent by Sendmail and deposit
>it ready for a pop3 mailer to pick it up?
>
>What else could I be doing wrong?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Nick

It sounds like it should work. Does SuSE have a file called
/var/log/maillog? What does it have to say?


Rich Piotrowski

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In article <mjm6mvoc3o470tso44m3mtfvtrj5ojgrki@4ax.com>, Rich Piotrowski
<abuse@wi.rr.com> writes
>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 18:33:46 +0100, Nick <Nick@dev.null> wrote:
>
>>Hi, I have SuSE 8.0 and I've got Sendmail working ok but not pop3. I can
>>send emails but not receive. I have an account on the machine, and there
>>is mail in /var/spool/mail in a mail file called "nick" so I guess all
>>that side of things is ok. pop3 is running as a port scan using Languard
>>shows up port 25 and port 110 as being open.
>>
>>When I try to connect using Turnpike, Pegasus or even Outlook Express,
>>no error is returned. They will connect and disconnect as though
>>everything is ok, but as if there is no mail for me.
>>
>>Do I need another program to pick the mail sent by Sendmail and deposit
>>it ready for a pop3 mailer to pick it up?
>>
>>What else could I be doing wrong?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Nick
>
>It sounds like it should work. Does SuSE have a file called
>/var/log/maillog? What does it have to say?

/var/log/mail shows only that my message was received by sendmail, no
pop3 errors. However, /var/log/messages shows the following:

[popper 1574] connect from 192.168.1.2
[popper 1574] error: cannot execute /usr/sbin/popper: No such file or
directory

So with your assistance I've found the problem, it appears popper isn't
installed....

Regards,

Nick
--
Nick @ noslow . org . uk

"I've got Sendmail working ok"
and
"I can send emails but not receive. "

OK. so does "Sendmail " really mean just send the mail.?!

"Nick" <Nick@dev.null> wrote in message
news:gxx2IBA6T1Y$Ewy6@noslow.org.uk...
> Hi, I have SuSE 8.0 and I've got Sendmail working ok but not pop3. I can
> send emails but not receive. I have an account on the machine, and there
> is mail in /var/spool/mail in a mail file called "nick" so I guess all
> that side of things is ok. pop3 is running as a port scan using Languard
> shows up port 25 and port 110 as being open.
>
> When I try to connect using Turnpike, Pegasus or even Outlook Express,
> no error is returned. They will connect and disconnect as though
> everything is ok, but as if there is no mail for me.
>
> Do I need another program to pick the mail sent by Sendmail and deposit
> it ready for a pop3 mailer to pick it up?
>
> What else could I be doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nick
> --
> Nick @ noslow . org . uk

Nick wrote:

> Hi, I have SuSE 8.0 and I've got Sendmail working ok but not pop3. I can

How did you figured that?

> send emails but not receive. I have an account on the machine, and there

Can you read your mail from your mail box locally?

> is mail in /var/spool/mail in a mail file called "nick" so I guess all
> that side of things is ok.

Having a mail box does not mean that mail gets delivered to it.

> pop3 is running as a port scan using Languard
> shows up port 25 and port 110 as being open.
>
> When I try to connect using Turnpike, Pegasus or even Outlook Express,
> no error is returned. They will connect and disconnect as though
> everything is ok, but as if there is no mail for me.

Maybe you're just not popular and nobody wants to send mail to you :)

> Do I need another program to pick the mail sent by Sendmail and deposit
> it ready for a pop3 mailer to pick it up?

What "pop3 mailer" are you using? :) What "sendmail"? Silly question but I
have to ask it after reading your post.

> What else could I be doing wrong?

Lots.

> Thanks,
>
> Nick