qmail-pop3d on a static IP, no domain name

so how do I connect to a pop3d server when i have no domain name on that server?

here's how i start the server:

#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l 0 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup localhost /bin/checklocalpwd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1

I've tried that as well as :

#!/bin/sh
exec /usr/local/bin/softlimit -m 2000000 /usr/local/bin/tcpserver -v -R -H -l 0 0 110 /var/qmail/bin/qmail-popup 67.15.47.3 /bin/checklocalpwd /var/qmail/bin/qmail-pop3d Maildir 2>&1


neither will connect. qmail-inject will send out email just fine, but i can't connect to the pop server. it's running on port 110 and appears in 'nmap -s T'

i'm not using DJB's checkpassword binary, i'm using jedi/sector one's. checklocalpwd itself seems to be working ok. I get no funky messages or errors when everything starts up. any ideas?

I was just strolling around looking at stuff when I noticed your qmail question. I setup/customized my own qmail configuration, so maybe I can help. Although, I see you used tcpserver, and I used xinetd instead (I didn't want to install every program djb ever decided to write just to run qmail like tcpserver, daemon-tools, supervise, checkpassword, etc...). I wrote/customized my own programs to handle pop3 account authentication and pop3-before-smtp authentication.

so anyway, let's gather some information. I want to see the results of this command:

netstat -an | grep '110'

howdy howdy
I got it working. now i'm wondering if there's ANY php-based web app i can control qmail with. i've got qmailadmin and vqadmin on here but they are C, and a tad aggravating to hack on. anyone know of anything? i've googled but not found what i'm after.

i guess i should include that i'm using mysql + virtual hosting on this thing. vqadmin and qmailadmin are precisely what i need, it would just be nicer if they were in a different language.

Why work that hard?

Try WEBMIN, they have a module for QMAIL.

Install Webmin, Install & Active Qmail module...GTG
No hackin' necessary


hth...Frog

In my experience webmin does not support the features I needed out of qmail. I had to customize the config myself. I'm also in the process of writing a mail manager in perl for it. But it will be specific to my needs as opposed to a general qmail manager.

Everybody should be a programmer.

well, i'm writing all my own stuff in php as we speak. almost done. it's a really clean interface, as basic as can be. vpopmail is incredibly easy to make interfaces to, i like it ;]

if you guys may be looking for an easy webmail to hack on, check out www.nuralstorm.net

nice php webmail interface, light and simple.