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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!sprint!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!news From: stephen farrell <sfarrell@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Subject: Re: Problems installing qpop2.2.tar.Z X-Nntp-Posting-Host: phaedrus.uchicago.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <87zpuzrfvx.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu> Lines: 33 Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Cc: ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 References: <3353FB8A.6C56@dragon.illusions.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.89) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:05:38 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39131 "Karl E. Taylor" <ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com> writes: there is probably some sort of pop daemon in the ports colletion, which would be your easiest bet. having said that, i can't imagine why qpopper wouldn't compile easily; i've built it for several systems without a hangup. in the future (and in this case!) please list error messages to help people diagnose the problem you're having. good luck, steve farrell > Grrrrrrr. > > A friend and I have built a 2.1.5 machine for his church. We have been > trying now for 2 weeks to get the qpop2.2.tar.Z to load into the > system. We have tryed pkg_add, make install, make, etc. etc. etc. This > system will not be connecting to the internet but will be used for local > mail with either netscape's mail or Eudora. > > Can some one please give us some tips. We are going bald quickly. > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Karl E. Taylor CEO & UNIX Systems Analyst > > Desert Dragon SOHO Solutions ktaylor@dragon.illusions.com > > http://www.illusions.com/ddsoho > ________________________________________________________________________ > "My OS is BTOS/CTOSMSDOSWINNT/95CP/MMACSOLARISFREEBSDSCOLINUXOS/2. > Get the hint!"