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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:42:57 +0530
From: Sagar Acharya <sagaracharya@...root.org>
To: popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com>
Subject: Re: Running as daemon in Alpine
Logs show,
authentication passed
Failed or refused to load /var/mail/foo
But there is no foo in /var/mail
I was expecting it to load mails from /home/foo/Maildir
On 21 October 2023 4:31:29 am IST, Solar Designer <solar@...nwall.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 10:43:27PM +0530, Sagar Acharya wrote:
>> I want to run it as pop3 server in alpine as daemon.
>>
>> When I execute
>>
>> popa3d -D at start, it does not start in background. A +OK is thrown at stdout and the program runs in foreground.
>
>That's because this functionality is not compiled in by default. You
>need to edit the POP_STANDALONE line in params.h changing the value from
>0 to 1, and recompile:
>
>/*
> * Are we going to be a standalone server or start via an inetd clone?
> */
>#define POP_STANDALONE 0
>
>> Also, I have applied Maildir patch, will it automatically be able to access mails under respective user ~/Maildir directories?
>
>I think so.
>
>Alexander
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