changing passwords from eudora (server running smail)
2007-12-25 11:42:00
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> Hello.
>
> I was wondering if you could help me with this issue:
> I have a netra 150 server running solaris , and smail mail server.
> the problem is : When trying to change pop passwords from a pc on the
> lan running eudora 3.0, I get an error message stating that
>
> ** Could not connect to "netrabau.bau.edu.lb" (the mail server
on
> sun netra i 150)
>
> Cause: connection refused (10061). **
>
> I did some investigation and got to the point that maybe poppassd
> (listens to port 107) might be missing on my system.
> So I tried on another server (server 2) that doesn't have the
problem,
> and when changing the password from eudora, and simultaneously doing a
> ps -ef | grep poppassd on the server (server2) , I couldn't see
> anything.
>
> What do you think ? has anyone ever faced this problem ? how to
> solve it ? and what is the daemon process that is responsible of
> changing email pop passwords ?
>
> I will summarize.
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Clara
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the asnwer was to download poppassd from
ftp.eudora.com/eudora/servers/unix/password
and install it on the netra server
thanks for all those who answered.
and if you are wondering why it took me so much to summarize,
well........lucky me: I was in vacation !!!!!
thanks,
Clara
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Clara Hatem
Corporate Projects Engineer
IncoNet sal
Beirut - Lebanon
Phone: 961-1-582000
Fax: 961-1-563286
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"The only stupid question is the unasked one"
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