Re: POP3

Alexander Woodby (awoodby@tir.com)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:59:19 -0700


Hmm, sendmail doesn't handle incoming (pop) mail, it just does outgoing
(send) mail... You need something like the Imap distribution, Qpopper
or such to do pop mail...

--alex

> d-pedley@dnsl.com wrote:
>
> I have now installed Sendmail and altered the config file and used M4,
> seems to use the updates but I now cannot connect via POP3, I have
> checked that POP is in the Sendmail.mc file and compiled from that,
> and its in the "inetd.conf" file but I cannot connect.
>
> Not even telnet works on port 110. Anybody have any ideas?
>
> Does anybody know where I can find out common port number
> assignments. Is it defined in an RFC somewhere?
>
> Thanks again
>
> Darren Pedley
> d-pedley@dnsl.com
>
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