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[Dave Gutteridge <dave@example.com>]

As suggested by people here, I have abandonded Dpop, and i'm now trying to
get qpopper to work on my system.
I followed the instructions in the INSTALL file which came with the
download as meticulously as i could.
As per the instructions, i've added this line to my /etc/services file
	pop3         110/tcp                # Post Office
...and that was simple enough.
Also, it said i should add this line to my /etc/inetd.conf file:
	pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/popper popper -s
My inetd.conf file was a little more confusing looking, though, so the
section relevant to mail looks like this:

	#
	# Pop and imap mail services et al
	#
	pop-2   stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  ipop2d
	#pop-3   stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd ipop3d
	
	#The qpopper install file said this line should go into my /etc/inetd.conf
file.
	pop3 stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/lib/popper popper -s
	
	imap    stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  imapd
Notice that i commented out the previous reference to pop-3, even though it
said largely the same thing. I'm not sure if i should be doing that, so
tell me if it's wrong.

Anyways, the INSTALL file then said:
	Restart inetd with a kill -HUP inetdpid (some systems can use inetd -c). 
The following happened:
	# kill -HUP inetdpid
	kill: No such pid inetdpid
That makes sense to me, because i think when i removed dpop, i basically
killed anything to do with pop servers anywhere on my machine. When try to
telnet to port 110 (where people tell me the POP server listens) i get this:
	#telnet localhost 110
	Trying 127.0.0.1...
	telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
What i'm stuck on is that if "kill -HUP inetdpid" restarts the service,
what do i type if it's not already running? There isn't anything on that in
the INSTALL file.
	As ever, i would greatly appreciate the help anyone could offer in this.

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	Dave Gutteridge
	3D Computer Animation Specialist
	e-mail: dave@example.com
	http://www.d-rave.com
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