source: server/mail/qpopper.xml@ 1ae02579

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY qpopper-download-http "http://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mail/qpopper&qpopper-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY qpopper-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/qpopper&qpopper-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY qpopper-size "2.2 MB">
<!ENTITY qpopper-buildsize "9.0 MB">
<!ENTITY qpopper-time "0.13 SBU">

]>

<sect1 id="qpopper" xreflabel="Qpopper-&qpopper-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="qpopper.html"?>
<title>Qpopper-&qpopper-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Qpopper</application></title>

<para>The <application>Qpopper</application> package contains a
<acronym>POP</acronym>3
mail server.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&qpopper-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&qpopper-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &qpopper-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &qpopper-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &qpopper-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Qpopper</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="openssl-package"/>,
<xref linkend="gdbm"/>,
<xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/> and
<xref linkend="mitkrb"/>
</para></sect4>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Qpopper</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Qpopper</application> with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>


<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>Qpopper</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

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

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

<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP inetd</command> to reread the changed
<filename>inetd.conf</filename> file.</para>

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

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

<para>Issue a <command>killall -HUP xinetd</command> to reread the changed
<filename>xinetd.conf</filename> file.</para>

</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Qpopper</application> package contains
<command>popper</command>.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>popper</title>
<para><command>popper</command> is the <acronym>POP</acronym>3 server daemon.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>