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Message-ID: <017701c277c2$10a03210$0a01a8c0@wdclack2>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 23:51:24 +0100
From: "Dave Rocks" <DaveRocks@....com>
To: <popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: Mailbox openbsd question
cheers!
works a treat now, I changed that line, it complied but didn't work at
first.
Then I just copied the params.h from /usr/src/usr.sbin/popa3d/params.h,
changed the line & used that now everything is hunky dory!
Thanks
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Solar Designer" <solar@...nwall.com>
To: <popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: Mailbox openbsd question
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 01:28:53PM +0100, Dave Rocks wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I'm using the popa3d that comes with OpenBSD 3.1 and I'm having a
bit of trouble. I use qmail-smtpd that stores mails in
/home/$USER/Mailbox & popa3d is looking to /var/mail/$USER. How do I
point pop3ad to $USER/Mailbox?
>
> In params.h:
>
> | /*
> | * Your mail spool directory. Note: only local (non-NFS) mode 775
mail
> | * spools are currently supported.
> | *
> | * #undef this for qmail-style $HOME/Mailbox mailboxes.
> | */
> | #define MAIL_SPOOL_PATH "/var/mail"
> |
> | #ifndef MAIL_SPOOL_PATH
> | /*
> | * The mailbox file name relative to the user's home directory.
> | */
> | #define HOME_MAILBOX_NAME "Mailbox"
> | #endif
>
> you'll need to "#undef MAIL_SPOOL_PATH" and re-compile popa3d.
>
> > The only documentation I have is 'man pop3ad' is there anywhere else
I can look?
>
> DESIGN, INSTALL, and params.h in popa3d sources.
>
> > And one last question! what's the best way to start it? I currently
run 'pop3ad -D' out of rc.local. I don't run inetd but I could start it
out of there with or without tcp wrappers.
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Standalone mode is a little more efficient in terms of performance,
> but takes up a little more memory for the master process if you also
> run inetd anyway. Also, popa3d tries to avoid some DoS attacks when
> in standalone mode that OpenBSD's inetd doesn't.
>
> Possible reasons to prefer running via inetd include:
>
> 1. Rare POP3 connections, no or little concern for DoS attacks on the
> POP3 service itself, and the need to run inetd anyway.
>
> 2. The need for protocols other than IPv4.
>
> 3. Unusual application-level address-based access control.
>
> --
> /sd
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