Topic: How to allow external POP3 access

[David Harper]

svc -t /service/pop3s

At the very least, you're resetting the wrong service (pop3s instead of pop3). But signal-event is the correct command; you shouldn't need to use svc if everything is working correctly.

[Stefano]

koshakis: please answer my questions and, of course, raise a bug, thank you

ciao
Stefano

[koshakis]

Hi Stefano,

Yes I update 7.1 to 7.2, 7.3 then to 7.4
But as i said before even on fresh 7.4 install still no work.

I issue the command   iptables -L | grep pop3
and I get:   ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere     ns1.domain.com.au tcp dpt:pop3s 

The port 110 is open.

Koshakis

[koshakis]

On one of my System SME 7.4
I issue the command

config setprop pop3 access public
signal-event email-update

Then from control Email panel I select
Allow pop3 and pop3s
this line was created after I issue the above command.

on another system the line (Allow pop3 and pop3s)
wasn't created but I Forward 110 to 110 and local ip
in the control Port Forwarding Panel and is work.

Now I can receive on both systems pop3 from external.

Koshakis 

[koshakis]

Solved

[Stefano]

hi

it would be nice if you share the solution with others, wouldn't it?

Ciao
Stefano

[koshakis]

hi

it would be nice if you share the solution with others, wouldn't it?

Ciao
Stefano

Yes it doze, if you look 2 post up there is the solution.

Koshakis

[mercyh]

koshakis,

Can you post the output of:

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config show pop3
from the server where it didn't create the new line in server-manager?

(If one worked and another didn't with the same command I would suspect a bug.)

Royce

[koshakis]

koshakis,

Can you post the output of:

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config show pop3
from the server where it didn't create the new line in server-manager?

(If one worked and another didn't with the same command I would suspect a bug.)

Royce

mercyh

Both servers show the same.

TCPPort=110
access=public
status=enabled

Koshakis

[mercyh]

If you ran the correct signal-event that you listed above on this server and the Allow pop3 and pop3s was not created in server-manager email panel, this should definitely be raised as a bug as for some reason the DB entry is not writing out to the configuration file.

I realize you solved this with a workaround, however if the DB is not working correctly we need to figure out why for the next admin (and maybe for you if there is something mucked up on your server). The bug report is a small price to pay for the use of an excellent piece of software..............

http://wiki.contribs.org/Bugzilla_Help#Bugzilla_is_easy

[dilligaf]

All you need to do is to enable it in the server-manager, just click on Email under the Configuration heading on the left hand side of the server-manager web page. Then forward the appropriate ports if you have a router between the server & the Internet. Remember that SME use secure POP, which uses port 995. Outlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird & Apple Mail all support secure POP, so I imagine most other email clients do.

HTH

Peter

On a 7.4 server in server-only mode I have done this.
I did the port forword for external pop (995)

the name of the server is wrpcsrvr.
for internal clients we have to set pop to the ip of the server.
for eternal clients I keep getting a pop up message "the certificates' CN name does not match the passed value" do you want to continue.
If I say yes it lets me on, but happens every time we open OE.
the name on cert is wrpcsrvr.theirdomain.com.
I have tried importing cert, same result.
POP is set to 995 on advanced.

any help greatly appreciated.

[johnp]

How are the external clients setup? Are they using the FQDN or an alias like www or mail? either of which do not match the CN name.

I personally use a modified version of the self signed scripts available in the how to's that enable support for wild cards on my servers.