pop3d proxy

[Ken Murchison]

Rob Siemborski wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Michael J Farina wrote:
> 
> 
>>    I followed you suggestions and it seems to be hanging when it reads
>>/dev/random. If I remove /dev/random it is very fast. I have recreated
>>/dev/random and I get the same stutter and slow proxy pops. Without random
>>it is very quick. If I can provide anymore info let me know.
> 
> 
> Two options -- link /dev/urandom to /dev/random (poor).  Or recompile SASL
> with --with-devrandom=/dev/urandom

Another option is to set allowapop: 0

If pop3d (or pop3proxyd) is slow in providing the banner, its because 
its trying to generate a challenge for APOP.  Disabling APOP should 
solve this.

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