Debian Users,
I'm trying to be security conscious. I've heard xinetd is the way to
go when it comes to an internet super-server so I apt-get installed it. Only
problem is that I can't get it to work with fetchmail.
My xinetd.conf only contains one stanza. Here it is:
service smtp
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = mail
server = /usr/sbin/exim
server_args = -bs
}
My inetd.conf file, before I began trying to use xinetd, only had one
entry in it. It was:
smtp stream tcp nowait mail /usr/sbin/exim exim -bs
Fetchmail operates fine with inetd. However, whenever I attempt to run
Fetchmail under xinetd, this is the error I get:
16 messages for r.a.jacobs at mail (195121 octets).
reading message 1 of 16 (4048 octets) ..fetchmail:SMTP connect
to localhost failed
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail
fetchmail: Query Status=10 (smtp)
So...why won't xinetd allow me to fetch my mail? Does this have
anything to do with RPC and how do I fix it?
Your help is greatly appreciated,
robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~no witty sig required~
