Qpopper-4.0.5

Introduction to Qpopper

The Qpopper package contains a POP3 mail server.

Package information

Qpopper dependencies

Required

MTA

Installation of Qpopper

Install Qpopper with the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make &&
make install

Configuring Qpopper

Configuration Information

If you use inetd, the following command will add the qpopper entry to /etc/inetd.conf:

echo "pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/popper popper" >> \
    /etc/inetd.conf &&
killall inetd || inetd &&
echo "local0.notice;local0.debug /var/log/POP.log" >> \
    /etc/syslog.conf &&
killall -HUP syslogd

Issue a killall -HUP inetd to reread the changed inetd.conf file.

If you use xinetd, the following command will add the qpopper entry to /etc/xinetd.conf:

cat >> /etc/xinetd.conf << "EOF"
service pop3
{
    port            = 110
    socket_type     = stream
    protocol        = tcp
    wait            = no
    user            = root
    server          = /usr/sbin/popper
}
EOF

Issue a killall -HUP xinetd to reread the changed xinetd.conf file.

Contents

The Qpopper package contains popper.

Description

popper

popper is the POP3 server daemon.