Hi, I've googled this without finding an answer to a question I think is
simple.

I have a trusty old 7.3 box that is about retire due to age. I have a
spiffy new machine on which I've installed Fedora Core2. I can't find any
way to enable a pop3 server to run. I did not install a firewall, the
machine is on a small net behind a firewall/router. I only intend the pop3
service to operate in this little zone.

How do I enable it?

Thanks,
Sam

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On 2004-10-16, Zam <NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have a trusty old 7.3 box that is about retire due to age. I have a
> spiffy new machine on which I've installed Fedora Core2. I can't find any
> way to enable a pop3 server to run. I did not install a firewall, the
> machine is on a small net behind a firewall/router. I only intend the pop3
> service to operate in this little zone.
>
> How do I enable it?

Did you install the imap package?

The imap package provides server daemons for both the IMAP (Internet
Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol) mail access
protocols.  The POP protocol uses a "post office" machine to collect
mail for users and allows users to download their mail to their local
machine for reading. The IMAP protocol allows a user to read mail on a
remote machine without downloading it to their local machine.

Install the imap package if you need a server to support the IMAP or
the POP mail access protocols.

--

-John (john@os2.dhs.org)

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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:46:34 +0000, Zam thoughtfully wrote:

> Hi, I've googled this without finding an answer to a question I think is
> simple.
>
> I have a trusty old 7.3 box that is about retire due to age. I have a
> spiffy new machine on which I've installed Fedora Core2. I can't find any
> way to enable a pop3 server to run. I did not install a firewall, the
> machine is on a small net behind a firewall/router. I only intend the pop3
> service to operate in this little zone.
>
> How do I enable it?
>
> Thanks,
> Sam

There are 2 packages which should have been installed by FC2
cyrus-imapd and Dovecot.  Of the 2 Dovecot is easier to manage.
Chances are whichever one is running it's running IMAP and not POP3.

You can easy check with telnet to your box on the IMAP port 143
telnet FC2 143
Trying 192.168.0.2...
Connected to FC2.
Escape character is '^]'.
* OK dovecot ready.
^]

telnet> quit
Connection closed.


Change the /etc/cyrus-imapd.conf or /etc/dovecot.conf to run POP3 if you
don't want to use IMAP.

For /etc/dovecot.conf change
from:
# Protocols we want to be serving:
#  imap imaps pop3 pop3s
#protocols = imap imaps

to :
# Protocols we want to be serving:
#  imap imaps pop3 pop3s
protocols = pop3 pop3s

then restart dovecot service
sudo service dovecot restart

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noi <noi@siam.com> wrote:
>
> There are 2 packages which should have been installed by FC2
> cyrus-imapd and Dovecot.

Thanks much. I didn't realize that dovecot was the default pop3 server for
Fedora. All installed and working great.

-Sam

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