source: server/mail/qpopper.xml@ 3cb0c57

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  <!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-md5sum "e00853280c9e899711f0b0239d3d8f86">
  <!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;">
  <?dbhtml filename="qpopper.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">qpopper&qpopper-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">qpopper</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Qpopper-&qpopper-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="qpopper">
    <primary sortas="a-Qpopper">Qpopper</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Qpopper</title>

    <para>The <application>Qpopper</application> package contains a
    POP3 mail server.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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 MD5 sum: &qpopper-md5sum;</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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Qpopper Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>,
    <xref linkend="gdbm"/>,
    <xref linkend="linux-pam"/>, and
    <xref linkend="mitkrb"/> or <xref linkend="heimdal"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/qpopper"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Qpopper</title>

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

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

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring Qpopper</title>

    <sect3 id="qpopper-config">
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Update the <application>Syslog</application> configuration file and
      force the <command>syslogd</command> daemon to reread the new file so that
      <application>Qpopper</application> events are logged:</para>

      <indexterm zone="qpopper qpopper-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-syslog.conf">/etc/syslog.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>echo "local0.notice;local0.debug /var/log/POP.log" &gt;&gt; \
    /etc/syslog.conf &amp;&amp;
killall -HUP syslogd</userinput></screen>

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

      <indexterm zone="qpopper qpopper-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-inetd.conf">/etc/inetd.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

<screen role="root"><userinput>echo "pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/popper popper" &gt;&gt; \
    /etc/inetd.conf &amp;&amp;
killall inetd || inetd</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
      create the <application>Qpopper</application> file as
      <filename>/etc/xinetd.d/pop3</filename>:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/xinetd.d/pop3 &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/xinetd.d/pop3

service pop3
{
    port            = 110
    socket_type     = stream
    protocol        = tcp
    wait            = no
    user            = root
    server          = /usr/sbin/popper
}

# End /etc/xinetd.d/pop3</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

      <indexterm zone="qpopper qpopper-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.conf">/etc/xinetd.conf</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="qpopper qpopper-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-xinetd.d-pop3">/etc/xinetd.d/pop3</primary>
      </indexterm>

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

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>popper</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="popper-qpopper">
        <term><command>popper</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is the POP3 server daemon.</para>
          <indexterm zone="qpopper popper-qpopper">
            <primary sortas="b-popper">popper</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>