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From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: Problems installing qpop2.2.tar.Z
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"Karl E. Taylor" <ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com> writes:

there is probably some sort of pop daemon in the ports colletion,
which would be your easiest bet.

having said that, i can't imagine why qpopper wouldn't compile easily;
i've built it for several systems without a hangup.  in the future
(and in this case!) please list error messages to help people diagnose
the problem you're having.

good luck,
	steve farrell

> Grrrrrrr.
> 
> A friend and I have built a 2.1.5 machine for his church.  We have been
> trying now for 2 weeks to get the qpop2.2.tar.Z to load into the
> system.  We have tryed pkg_add, make install, make, etc. etc. etc.  This
> system will not be connecting to the internet but will be used for local
> mail with either netscape's mail or Eudora.
> 
> Can some one please give us some tips.  We are going bald quickly.
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 
> Karl E. Taylor				CEO & UNIX Systems Analyst
> 
> Desert Dragon SOHO Solutions		ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com
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