Hi Keith,
your /etc/xinetd.d/pop3 shows that you don't start qpopper through
xinetd (disable = yes).
However, your telnet command shows that there is a pop3 daemon
answering (supposed you really hit the right machine with your telnet
command...). Also the answer does not look like the answer of
in.qpopper.
What pop3 service do you have????
Also, if you did the telnet command
a) to the right machine and
b) exactly at that time while the machine was not responding to pop3
clients otherwise, then it will not be a problem of the pop3 daemon to
be started.
You should not enable (by disable = no), because that will not work,
because in that case two processes will try to listen to incoming
connections on port 110.
First you should know which process actually takes care of your pop3
protocol.
With a root shell: what is the output of
lsof -nP|grep -n TCP|grep 110
(in case you don't have the command "lsof", then do a
yum install lsof
beforehand)
Regards,
Chris
Monday, August 7, 2006, 6:48:29 PM, you wrote:
CWS> Hi Chris,
CWS> My POP3 parameters are
CWS> # qpopper config file for xinetd
CWS> service pop-3
CWS> {
CWS> flags = REUSE NAMEINARGS
CWS> socket_type = stream
CWS> protocol = tcp
CWS> wait = no
CWS> user = root
CWS> server = /usr/sbin/in.qpopper
CWS> server_args = in.qpopper -s
CWS> disable = yes
CWS> instances = 80
CWS> }
CWS> As you can see, uits set to instances=80. I can change that to 100,
CWS> and do I just enter a new line
CWS> cps = 100 10
CWS> And how/where do I do this
CWS> "The in.qpopper command line should have -R as option"
CWS> And telnet as you suggested comes back with
CWS> +OK AVG POP3 Proxy Server 7.1.371/7.1.394 [268.10.7/410]
CWS> Not sure what that means as we do not have a proxy server ?
CWS> Rgds.
CWS> Keith Reynolds
CWS> Date sent: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 15:48:41 +0200
CWS> From: Chris Hemsing <C.Hemsing (at mark) gmx.net>
CWS> Send reply to: coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
CWS> Subject: [coba-e:06232] Re: POP3 BOX STOPS RESPONDING
CWS> To: Connexions Web Solutions <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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CWS> Hello whoever,
CWS> there may be several reasons.
CWS> Have a look at
CWS> /etc/xinetd.d/pop3
CWS> a) Is the
CWS> cps
CWS> parameter set?
CWS> Set it to say
CWS> cps = 100 10
CWS> b) Is the
CWS> instances
CWS> parameter set?
CWS> In case it is, set it to
CWS> instances = 100
CWS> c) The in.qpopper command line should have -R as option
CWS> In case the system gets stuck: can you track a pop3 query? Does the pop3
CWS> protocol start and gets stuck at the authentication? Or ist the no
CWS> response to pop3 request at all? Try
CWS> telnet host_in_question 110
CWS> is there any answer?
CWS> Regards,
CWS> Chris
CWS> Monday, August 7, 2006, 1:30:26 PM, you wrote:
CWS>> Hi,
CWS>> I have a new very fast box with CentOS latest & BQ. It has about two
CWS>> hundred mail.domain.com on it, with an average of five users per
CWS>> .com.
CWS>> It intermittently locks up on users email, when they get
CWS>> authentication failure, and cannot login using webmail. Yet oddly the
CWS>> admin POP3 mailbox never stops responding, nor webmail for the
CWS>> admin box. Its not a DNS issue because I am using IP to overcome
CWS>> that.
CWS>> It appears to be in some way linked to mail checking programmes
CWS>> like magic mail monitor, which when started may send forty or fifty
CWS>> parallel requests to check mailboxes, all on the same IP.
CWS>> Does anyone have a similar problem ?
CWS>> What I find odd is that it only effects users mail boxes, never the
CWS>> server admin mail box, even though that is being checked with the
CWS>> same mail monitor programme.
CWS>> Is there a maximum number of connections on sendmail that I can
CWS>> increase ?
CWS>> Any help appreciated.
CWS>> Rgds.