How to configure POP

[Francis Ancheta]

I am presently creating a mail server. I am able to successfully configure sendmail, my main problem now is that I cannot receive mail. I am suppose to install the pop services but I do not know how. Can anyone help me. I have already installed imap-2001a-18 as instructed. By the way I am using Redhat 9.0.

[Alexander Chuzhoy · Accepted solution]

to enable the pop you must issue the following command:
chkconfig ipop3 on

as for receiving e-mail
1.see that you mail daemon is listening on relevant IP address (not just 127.0.0.1).
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
2.Check that all your machine names appear in the file
/etc/mail/local-host-names
3.if you added reject rules to /etc/mail/access - remove them
4.restart the service

[Francis Ancheta]

Thanks. I is now working. My main problem now is how do I create more users. Do I have to create a user in the system one by one or is there an easier way to manage the creation of new accounts. Is sendmail the best program for this purpose? I read some articles that is has a lot of security holes. Why do I get a "sender address rejected error message" in sendmail. By the way is xinetd the same as inetd?

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

1.xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd
2. There are security holes in every product-you've got to stay tuned with redhat and to install all updates.
3. There are many programs for e-mail.We use trendmicro's mail server on linux.Neverless I think that sendmail is great -don't forget it's free.
4.where do you get the error message "sender address rejected error message"-be more specific please+ I recommend you to issue a new call for help.
5. You can use script to create users.Let's say you want to create 10 users.
run this script

#!/bin/bash
for i in `seq 1 10`
do useradd user$i
done



6. you also have to provide them passwords

#!/bin/bash
for i in `seq 1 10`
do echo password$i |passwd --stdin user$i
done