Re: kmail- cannot start process pop3

From: Alexander Dalloz (ad+lists_at_uni-x.org)
Date: 07/30/05

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    To: neidorff <neidorff@gmail.com>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:43:53 +0200

    Am Sa, den 30.07.2005 schrieb neidorff um 18:05:

    > I read my mail on the same computer that the mail server runs on.
    > When I start kmail, it posts an error dialog: "Cannot start process
    > pop3" and then does not bring in my mail. I used netstat to verify
    > that tcpserver (from qmailrocks) is listening on port 110. I can
    > "telnet localhost 110", log in and list my mail, so I know that the
    > pop server is alive and working (plus other users can get their mail).
    > I ruled out my firewall (turned it off, briefly and got the same
    > error message. I also ruled out hosts.deny and hosts.allow, since
    > they are empty.

    > Mark

    google has a handful hits on this error message, but nothing really
    helpful. I would recommend to run "strace -o /tmp/kmailstrace.log kmail"
    until the error occurs. Then have a close look at the log file created
    by strace. Near the end there should be something hinting logged.

    Alexander 

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