> From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>

> I installed qpopper from pkgsrc just fine. I put the following into
> /etc/inetd.conf:
>
> pop             stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/libexec/qpopper 
> qpopper -t /var/log/qpopper-trace
>
> I can't get the mail. Even when I try 'telnet localhost 110',
> /var/log/messages always reports:
>
> Feb 13 19:32:43 bookbox inetd[206]: pop/tcp: *: servname not supported for 
> ai_socktype

Hm. I use this:

alice# grep pop /etc/inetd.conf
pop3            stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/local/etc/popper   popper -s
alice# grep pop /etc/services
pop2            109/tcp         postoffice      # POP version 2
pop2            109/udp
pop3            110/tcp         # POP version 3
pop3            110/udp

and telnet localhost pop3 works. Did you kill -HUP the inetd?

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