/*
 *  qpopper - Version 2.41beta1 (18/11/1997)
 *  Ported by Neil Harvey & Associates (http://nha.co.za/)
 *  January 1998
 *
 */

*** Description

Qpopper is a server that supports POP3 protocol for downloading Internet e-mail
from software clients. Qpopper does not include a message transfer agent or 
SMTP support and normally works with standard UNIX mail transfer agents such as
sendmail or smail. This server is fully compliant to RFC1939 and works with all 
the known POP3 clients. No license agreement is required to use this server

*** Download

ftp://ftp.nha.co.za/hp3000/pop3
				
  Size:         Name                     Description
  -------       -------------            ------------------
  197,307       qpopper2.41beta1.m.Z     compressed mover archive (binaries/documentation)
  135,679       qpopper2.41beta1.m.gz    gzip'ed mover archive (binaries/documentation)
  188,665       qpopper2.41beta1.tar.Z   compressed tar archive (binaries/documentation)
  131,994       qpopper2.41beta1.tar.gz  gzip'ed tar archive (binaries/documentation)

  212,930       qpopper2.41beta1.source.tar.gz

*** Installation

  1)  transfer the archive to your hp3000 (ftp, samba, reflection)
  2)  uncompress the archive (uncompress, gzip)
  3)  extract the archive (mover, tar)

  *** NOTE ***
  i)   The archive contains absolute file names, if this is not what you want
       you are on your own.
  ii)  All the binaries have been linked to /usr/local/bin
       eg:  popper.arpa.sys = /usr/local/bin/popper
  iiI) read the documentaion in /usr/local/doc/qpopper2.41beta


*** Configuration

  1)  modify your PATH variable to include /usr/local/bin
  2)  modify your MANPATH variable to include /usr/local/man
  3)  add "pop3 stream tcp nowait MANAGER.SYS /SYS/ARPA/POPPER popper" to your
      inetd.conf file, usually "/etc/inetd.conf"
  4)  restart inetd or run "inetd.net.sys -c"

  *** NOTE ***
  i)  Both of these variables can be modified in /etc/profile.
  ii) The default /etc/profile does not include a MANPATH variable.
      To correctly add the variable add the following line
        MANPATH=/usr/man:/usr/local/man
        export MANPATH


*** Testing

  1)  Telnet to your HP3000 on port 110 and look for the welcome message
	type:  telnet <name of server> pop3
        response:  +OK QPOP (version 2.41beta1) at <name of server> starting.
  2)  Logon to the HP3000 using "user <user.account>" and "pass <password>" commands
        type:  user mgr.test
        response:  +OK Password required for MGR.TEST.
        type:  pass password
        response:  +OK MGR.TEST has 1 messages (82 octets).
  3)  Retreive the first message
        type:  retr 1
	response: <your email message>
  4)  Logoff
        type:  quit
        response"  +OK Pop server at <name of server> signing off.

  5)  Configure your email client to use the HP3000 as your pop server.


Have fun and good luck,

Jens von Bulow
jens@nha.co.za