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Need more info really. Are you talking to a POP server at your ISP, etc, do you have administrative access to the POP server.<br />
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Very vague guess - maybe the server wants to do a lookup on you and check your IP address is valid. If the server you're connecting to has a hosts.allow and hosts.deny, try removing them, and trying again.<br />

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Need more info really. Are you talking to a POP server at your ISP, etc, do you have administrative access to the POP server.

Very vague guess - maybe the server wants to do a lookup on you and check your IP address is valid. If the server you're connecting to has a hosts.allow and hosts.deny, try removing them, and trying again.


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I have a strange problem when setting up a mail server under Linux.<br />
POP3 service only works if I register client machine (usually Win95 or Win311) in the DNS zone file (not reverse)<br />
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If I don't do this, netscape is waiting for a minute, then<br />
displays message &quot;There is a problem connecting to POP3 server&quot;.<br />
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How should I avoid this problem w/o registering all clients in DNS database?<br />

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I have a strange problem when setting up a mail server under Linux.
POP3 service only works if I register client machine (usually Win95 or Win311) in the DNS zone file (not reverse)

If I don't do this, netscape is waiting for a minute, then
displays message "There is a problem connecting to POP3 server".

How should I avoid this problem w/o registering all clients in DNS database?


POP3 and DNS zone files

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.