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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.iadfw.net!usenet From: Dan Baritchi <dan@airmail.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: problems with qpopper Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 17:12:34 -0500 Organization: Internet America Lines: 43 Message-ID: <31BB4C52.403F@airmail.net> References: <dwoods-0706961055100001@furball.metcomp.com> Reply-To: dan@airmail.net NNTP-Posting-Host: bowwowwow.iadfw.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win95; I) CC: dwoods@wordpict.com, dan@airmail.net Hi, Your best bet is probably to just get the sources from qualcomm's site and compile it yourself. It compiles nicely without giving you any trouble. You may have to make a few small modifications, but it is very simple if you just follow the README and INSTALL files. I have successfully installed it on FreeBSD2.1-stable, Solaris2.5, Digital UNIX, and Irix5.3. I wish everything else was this easy to install. You can get the source at: ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/quest/unix/servers/popper Hope that helps, Dan Baritchi dan@airmail.net Darrin R. Woods wrote: > > I have never set up a pop3 server and its been awhile since I've had to > administer a UNiX system... But here's my problem, I'm sure its an easy > fix and all help is greatly appreciated. > > The Problem: I've got sendmail all configured, Got the binary of qpopper > from FreeBSD and installed it. I've set /etc/inetd.conf and /etc/services > correctly. When a pop client tries to get their mail, qpop wont start. > The only message that I get is in the message logs that reads: > > Jun 5 15:21:05 babs inetd[7283]: cannot execute /usr/libexec/popper: Exec > format error > > Popper is installed in /usr/libexec. I've even tried installing popclient > and get the same "Exec format error". > > Could someone please tell me what the error is and how I can get popper to work? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Darrin R. Woods > Director of Internet Technologies > Words & Pictures > Dallas, Texas