Re: Can't connect from non-localhost under Mac OS X 10.5.3?

At 5:02 PM +0800 6/12/08, Shay Telfer wrote:

>  Hi...
>
>  I've compiled qpopper 4.1b9 under Mac OS X 10.5.3 (Leopard).
>
>  I can connect to the server fine from localhost:
>
>>>    telnet localhost 110
>>   Trying ::1...
>>   telnet: connect to address ::1: Connection refused
>>   Trying fe80::1...
>>   telnet: connect to address fe80::1: Connection refused
>>   Trying 127.0.0.1...
>>   Connected to localhost.
>>   Escape character is '^]'.
>>   +OK Qpopper (version 4.1b9) at botrytis-local.local starting.
>>   QUIT
>>   +OK Pop server at botrytis-local.local signing off.
>>   Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>  However, attempting the same from a different machine on the local 
> network gives:
>
>>>    telnet 192.168.0.12 110
>>   Trying 192.168.0.12...
>>   telnet: connect to address 192.168.0.12: Connection refused
>>   telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
>
>  I'm thinking the problem might be IPv6 related?
>
>  qpopper is being launched by launchd
>
>  Previously appfirewall.log was recording
>
>>   Jun  9 00:59:04 botrytis-local popper[5131]: (v4.0.8) Unable to 
>> get canonical name of client 0.0.0.0: Unknown host (1)
>>   Jun  9 00:59:04 botrytis-local popper[5131]: (v4.0.8) Servicing 
>> request from "0.0.0.0" at 0.0.0.0
>>   Jun  9 00:59:14 botrytis-local popper[5131]: (v4.0.8) Timing for 
>> @0.0.0.0 (normal) auth=0 init=0 clean=0
>
>  however I'm now running qpopper with '-R' to not require reverse 
> lookup, but the problem still persists
>
>  The firewall configuration seems to be ok:
>>>  ipfw list
>>  65535 allow ip from any to any
>
>  Any suggestions appreciated. There doesn't seem to be anything 
> useful in the logfiles that I can see.
>
>  Same problem occurs with version 4.0.8

What if you disable the firewall, just to see if that fixes it?

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