Problem with vm-pop3d

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oldunis

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Hello,

I've got a problem with vm-pop3d, it just wont let itself start. tried with service vm-pop3d start, it says Service Started, but in DA, it says that it is stopped.

Also, tryint to telnet to port 25 and 110 (wasnt sure wich one was pop3 ^^) and it connects itself...

So i tried to get my emails from outlook express, and it connects slowly (30 seconds) and asks me my password and says it is wrong...

Well, hope anyone could help!
 
Here's what i see 90% of the time in /var/log/maillog
Mar 4 09:45:10 localhost postfix/master[2230]: warning: process /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd pid 7757 exit status 1
Mar 4 09:45:10 localhost postfix/master[2230]: warning: /usr/libexec/postfix/smtpd: bad command startup -- throttling
Mar 4 09:45:50 localhost postfix/cleanup[7760]: fatal: unsupported dictionary type: mysql

Mar 5 01:01:21 localhost vm-pop3d[23327]: Couldn't bind to socket: Address already in use
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and in messages
Mar 4 15:46:10 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d shutdown failed
Mar 4 15:46:10 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d startup succeeded
Mar 4 15:47:00 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d startup succeeded
Mar 4 15:47:11 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d shutdown failed
Mar 4 15:47:11 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d startup succeeded
Mar 4 15:48:01 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d startup succeeded
Mar 4 15:48:11 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d shutdown failed
Mar 4 15:48:11 localhost vm-pop3d: vm-pop3d startup succeeded
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I used to have this problem a LONG time ago with vm-pop3d. (and it's STILL my fav pop3d)

When you shut down the daemon, it does not shut off all instances. If there are connections in progress, it lets them die naturally.

You can find out by using:

netstat -tunap | grep :113

(IIRC)

If that returns a result then there are still pop3 connections running and vm-pop3d won't restart.

Once all connections to 113 have died, you can safely restart.

HTH,
=C=
 
I again get
Mar 6 05:42:11 localhost vm-pop3d[9743]: Couldn't bind to socket: Address already in use
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did what you said, kill the process i say, but still wont start
 
Oh well, found out what was the problem... i had Courier installed... :p
 
oldunis said:
Oh well, found out what was the problem... i had Courier installed... :p
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ITs happening the same here, on a new vps install.. how do you uninstall courier?
 
Well, got to uninstall it...

I just stopped it. service courier-imap stop
 
I am having the same problem still and none of the above solutions have resurrected the problem...
 
I still see this problem too. I have to reboot the machine to restart vm-pop3d. A little harsh for a single service but it works.

Extending the deamons to -20 does keep the initial troubles from happening so frequently though.

Big Wil
 
Outpernet, who did your vps DA install?

When running DA in a vps environment there are some changes you should make. I'd definitely stop running most daemons that are there to respond to client requests, and instead run them through xinetd.

Some posts in these forums may be helpful.

Jeff
 
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