Re: [Exim] I'm a total newbie to Exim

On 2002-05-02 at 12:12 +0200, Flemming Christensen wrote:
> I can use "telnet localhost 25" and send a mail without problem.
>
> But when I use "telnet localhost 110" to check if the same user has received a mail I get 0 mails.
>
> Do i need to setup something for the pop daemon

Exim doesn't include a POP daemon. It's purely a Mail Transfer Agent.
So this is the wrong place to ask.

What you _can_ do is look in your Exim "mainlog" for that message, and
see where Exim did with it. That should point you towards seeing if the
mail got where it should have gone. "exim -bpru" will print the current
contents of the mail queue, in case a mail is stuck in there.

But really, what you need to do is:

* Figure out which POP3 server you're using.
* Check how Exim is delivering the mail, and where it's being left
* Check where the POP3 server is looking for mail, and the format.
* Check to see if the POP3 server produces new output if you disconnect
and reconnect -- if I recall correctly, POP3 servers are not supposed
to show newly received mails for an already established connection
* Check to see if there's any evidence in your POP3 logs of what's
going on
* Google for any unusual error messages you see

Take the accumulated information, and ask on the POP3 list. If, as a
result, you decide that you need to change how Exim is delivering some
mail, _then_ exim-users will be the right place to ask.
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