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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!europa.clark.net!newsfeed2!news.easystreet.com!not-for-mail From: tedm@portsoft.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems installing qpop2.2.tar.Z Date: 17 Apr 1997 05:50:12 GMT Organization: Easystreet Online Services Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5j4dmk$sjc$6@easystreet03> References: <3353FB8A.6C56@dragon.illusions.com> <87zpuzrfvx.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: tedm@portsoft.com NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.portsoft.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39190 In <87zpuzrfvx.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>, stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> writes: >"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. > A few weeks ago I compiled qpop 2.2 on a 2.2.1 system, unfortunately there is some broken code somewhere in 2.2. When it runs, it doesen't change to the userid of the person getting the mail, so it cannot read the mailfiles. The earlier version of qpop off of qualcomm's archive site still works, though, so I'd use that if you really want to use qpop. I use the imap/pop3 set of servers from university of washington, though, their in the ports or packages collection. For one thing the originals compile without a problem, also it lets you use imap, instead of pop3 if you want.