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How to install POP/IMAP daemon on Linux? See also

1. download imap-2001 from ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/
2. gzip -d, then tar -xf
3. change into directory: cd imap-2001a
4. make slx
5. Create an appropriate entry at your /etc/xinetd.d directory:
   
   

   [retoh@dhcppc1 retoh]$ cat /etc/xinetd.d/pop
   # default: on
   # description: 
   service pop3
   {
           socket_type             = stream
           wait                    = no
           user                    = root
           server                  = /home/retoh/imap-2001a/ipopd/ipop3d
           disable                 = no
   }
   

6. Restart xinetd as root:
   /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd reload (or restart, but reload is faster)
7. Connect:
   

   [root@yourhost imap-2001a]# telnet localhost 110
   Trying 127.0.0.1...
   Connected to localhost.
   Escape character is '^]'.
   +OK POP3 localhost.localdomain v2001.78 server ready
   user user
   +OK User name accepted, password please
   pass pass
   +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages
   list
   +OK Mailbox scan listing follows
   1 2119
   .
   quit
   +OK Sayonara
   Connection closed by foreign host.

Trouble Shooting

/sbin/iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT

/sbin/iptables -D INPUT 1

/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables restart