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Gandalf

May 21st, 2005, 12:26 PM

Hello,

i've been fighting all day to get freepops working with ubuntu hoary, and finally i get it working, so it's cool to share it with others,

Q. What is freepops
Freepops (http://www.freepops.org) is a webmail -> pop client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc.... check this page (http://www.freepops.org/en/viewplugins.php) for all supported modules

let's begin by preparing the system, to get it compiled i had to install the following packages,

sudo apt-get install bison flex libc6-dev libcurl3-dev libexpat1-dev libidn11-dev libssl0.9.7 zlib1g-dev debconf

this way i could complie it without any problems,

let's download now the sources,
go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepops/ and download the sources,,

NOTE: i use /usr/src to always keep a copy of the compiled sources in case i want to uninstall it
NOTE2: this guide will presume that you have downloaded the build 0.0.27, if it isn't the case be sure you replace the version

cd ~
wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freepops/freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz -C /usr/src
cd /usr/src/freepops-0.0.27
sudo ./configure.sh linux
sudo make
sudo make install

now the freepops is installed and working, to run it manually you must run freepopsd with root (sudo freepopsd &), but it's better to run it automatically!

so let's begin by building the automatic run script

sudo pico /etc/init.d/freepops

paste into these contents

#! /bin/sh
#
# TODO:
# To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also
# for chrooting.
#
#

### some default values ###

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd
DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid
DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n"

NAME=freepopsd
DESC="freepops daemon"

### /etc/default/ loading ###

# Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are:
# DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT
# all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the
# daemon should run in the normal environment

if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then
. /etc/default/freepops
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then
DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON
fi

if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

### helpers ###

function start_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
-r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

}

function stop_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
fi
rm $PIDFILE
}

### real code ###

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
sleep 1
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/freepops
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

then give it run permissions,

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/freepops

add it to rc*.d runlevels

sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults

now to restart, stop or start freepops type
sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart }
instead of sudo freepopsd &

A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON HOW TO USE IT...
_________________________________________
when you install it, you must configure thunderbird, evolution, outlook or whatever pop client u use,

SERVER
________
server must be 127.0.0.1 if installed on the same PC, or PC's ip if installed on another,

PORT
_____
you must use port 2000

USERNAME
___________

you must use your email as username, for example to receive account@hotmail.com mails, your username is account@hotmail.com, samething for gmail, etc...

PASSWORD
___________
well your password http://www.siemens-mobiles.org/forum/Smileys/default/rofl.gif

and now you can receive your mails on your pop client.....

if you prefer not to install it, i have install it on my server, if you want to use it here's the config

server : mail.siemens-mobiles.org
port : 2000

i hope this guide will be usefull to you!

[TEMPORARY NOTE]
hotmail has changed the way to login (html login forms, javascript etc...) 2 days ago, freepops has updated it's script ans it's working but it's not included in their build, you must update them manually,
so let's replace them,

cd /usr/local/share/freepops/lua
sudo mv hotmail.lua hotmail.lua_old
sudo mv aol.lua aol.lua_old
sudo mv mailcom.lua mailcom.lua_old
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=hotmail.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=aol.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=mailcom.lua

now it will work!!!

jasmuz

May 21st, 2005, 01:42 PM

Hello,

i've been fighting all day to get freepops working with ubuntu hoary, and finally i get it working, so it's cool to share it with others,

Q. What is freepops
Freepops (http://www.freepops.org) is a pop->webmail client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc.... check this page (http://www.freepops.org/en/viewplugins.php) for all supported modules

let's begin by preparing the system, to get it compiled i had to install the following packages,

sudo apt-get install bison flex libc6-dev libcurl3-dev libexpat1-dev libidn11-dev libssl0.9.7 zlib1g-dev debconf

this way i could complie it without any problems,

let's download now the sources,
go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepops/ and download the sources,,

NOTE: i use /usr/src to always keep a copy of the compiled sources in case i want to uninstall it
NOTE2: this guide will presume that you have downloaded the build 0.0.27, if it isn't the case be sure you replace the version

cd ~
wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freepops/freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf freepops-0.0.27.tar.gz -C /usr/src
cd /usr/src/freepops-0.0.27
sudo ./configure.sh linux
sudo make
sudo make install

now the freepops is installed and working, to run it manually you must run freepopsd with root (sudo freepopsd &), but it's better to run it automatically!

so let's begin by building the automatic run script

sudo pico /etc/init.d/freepops

paste into these contents

#! /bin/sh
#
# TODO:
# To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also
# for chrooting.
#
#

### some default values ###

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd
DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid
DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n"

NAME=freepopsd
DESC="freepops daemon"

### /etc/default/ loading ###

# Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are:
# DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT
# all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the
# daemon should run in the normal environment

if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then
. /etc/default/freepops
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then
DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON
fi

if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

### helpers ###

function start_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
-r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

}

function stop_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
fi
rm $PIDFILE
}

### real code ###

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
sleep 1
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/freepops
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

then give it run permissions,

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/freepops

add it to rc*.d runlevels

sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults

now to restart, stop or start freepops type
sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart }
instead of sudo freepopsd &

A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON HOW TO USE IT...
_________________________________________
when you install it, you must configure thunderbird, evolution, outlook or whatever pop client u use,

SERVER
________
server must be 127.0.0.1 if installed on the same PC, or PC's ip if installed on another,

PORT
_____
you must use port 2000

USERNAME
___________

you must use your email as username, for example to receive account@hotmail.com mails, your username is account@hotmail.com, samething for gmail, etc...

PASSWORD
___________
well your password http://www.siemens-mobiles.org/forum/Smileys/default/rofl.gif

and now you can receive your mails on your pop client.....

if you prefer not to install it, i have install it on my server, if you want to use it here's the config

server : mail.siemens-mobiles.org
port : 2000

i hope this guide will be usefull to you!

[TEMPORARY NOTE]
hotmail has changed the way to login (html login forms, javascript etc...) 2 days ago, freepops has updated it's script ans it's working but it's not included in their build, you must update them manually,
so let's replace them,

cd /usr/local/share/freepops/lua
sudo mv hotmail.lua hotmail.lua_old
sudo mv aol.lua aol.lua_old
sudo mv mailcom.lua mailcom.lua_old
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=hotmail.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=aol.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=mailcom.lua

now it will work!!!
Why compile if there are DEB's for Debian Sid and Sarge?

Gandalf

May 21st, 2005, 01:45 PM

Why compile if there are DEB's for Debian Sid and Sarge?
because i couldn't install debs becuase libcurl isn't the satisfying version, and if i installed the one for sarge i break my webserver which i don't want in any way to do it

wael@nasreddine:~$ sudo apt-get install freepops
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
freepops: Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.13.1-1) but 7.12.3-2ubuntu3 is to be installed
Depends: libidn11 (>= 0.5.13) but 0.5.2-3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

RastaMahata

May 21st, 2005, 09:54 PM

Q. What is freepops
Freepops (http://www.freepops.org) is a pop->webmail client, it allow to receive a lot of webmail using a pop client, like hotmail, gmail, aol etc....

I think it should say webmail -> pop, as it allow you to check webmail from a pop client.
Besides, you dont need this for gmail, as gmail has a pop feature ;)

Great program. I hope someone uploads the deb somewhere for people who dont like to compile :P

(Added to the index)

Gandalf

May 22nd, 2005, 12:29 AM

I think it should say webmail -> pop, as it allow you to check webmail from a pop client.
Besides, you dont need this for gmail, as gmail has a pop feature ;)

Great program. I hope someone uploads the deb somewhere for people who dont like to compile :P

(Added to the index)
exactly, sorry a typo mistake :D

bored2k

May 22nd, 2005, 12:40 AM

Off topic - Gandalf got a job already ? :?

Gandalf

May 22nd, 2005, 01:23 AM

Off topic - Gandalf got a job already ? :?
<off topic>
f**k no!!! :| ](*,)
</off topic>

Reeva

May 25th, 2005, 05:47 PM

<off topic>
f**k no!!! :| ](*,)
</off topic>
When I try to start freepops with " sudo freeposd & " .. I always have this error

Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000

can someone help me?

thx alot

Gandalf

May 25th, 2005, 05:48 PM

When I try to start freepops with " sudo freeposd & " .. I always have this error

Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000

can someone help me?

thx alot
do you have iptables, firestarter etc.... ? i mean do you have firewall installed?

Reeva

May 26th, 2005, 01:57 AM

no I don't have a firewall ..

I reinstalled freepops .. but I still have the same problem :(

benplaut

May 26th, 2005, 02:02 AM

the truth is... how many people are still using webmails without POP support?

Reeva

May 26th, 2005, 06:25 AM

the truth is... how many people are still using webmails without POP support?
hotmail doesn't have pop support ?

daedalus_nl

June 4th, 2005, 10:13 AM

Hi,

Maybe this will help Ubuntu Freepops user:

Freepops & Debian (https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=408803)

There are new debian repositories and maybe we can use them too

386: woody, sarge, sid and source
deb http://tassi.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-woody ./
deb http://tassi.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-sarge ./
deb http://tassi.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-sid ./
deb-src http://tassi.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-src ./

powerpc: woody, sarge, sid and source
deb http://cocchiar.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-woody ./
deb http://cocchiar.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-sarge ./
deb http://cocchiar.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-sid ./
deb-src http://cocchiar.web.cs.unibo.it/debian/freepops-src./

Gandalf

June 4th, 2005, 10:15 AM

omiazad

June 4th, 2005, 11:40 AM

When I try to start freepops with " sudo freeposd & " .. I always have this error

Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000

can someone help me?

thx alot

Did you try this?

sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1 &

Try that. I think you don't have any LAN card installed in your machine. I faced the same problem from Windows and I installed MS Loopback Adapter. But I'm on Linux now and I have a LAN card, so try the above solution.

omiazad

June 4th, 2005, 11:58 AM

helwitch

August 30th, 2005, 01:02 AM

Couple tips for compiling and installing this for anyone else who has never complied something, which I figured out the hard way while.

right before or after the following step, do

sudo apt-get install build-essential

sudo apt-get install bison flex libc6-dev libcurl3-dev libexpat1-dev libidn11-dev libssl0.9.7 zlib1g-dev debconf

After you've pasted in the following bit, ctrl+O saves the file, and ctrl+x closes the editor and gives you back your command line.

paste into these contents

#! /bin/sh
#
# TODO:
# To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also
# for chrooting.
#
#

### some default values ###

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd
DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid
DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n"

NAME=freepopsd
DESC="freepops daemon"

### /etc/default/ loading ###

# Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are:
# DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT
# all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the
# daemon should run in the normal environment

if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then
. /etc/default/freepops
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then
DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON
fi

if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

### helpers ###

function start_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
-r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

}

function stop_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
fi
rm $PIDFILE
}

### real code ###

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
sleep 1
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/freepops
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

BTW Gandulf, thanks tons for this walkthrough! It was amazingly helpful, and I feel all ubergeeky now! I compiled something! Yay me! *silly geek girl grin*

greywolf73

October 6th, 2005, 01:07 AM

Thanks, the how to was easy to follow.

greywolf73

October 6th, 2005, 10:55 PM

Does freepops support SMTP?

sbarrax

November 7th, 2005, 06:16 PM

Well, i found FreePOPs deb packages for ubuntu and kubuntu here: http://cybertech.altervista.org/freepops.php

they work! :)

obscenic

November 10th, 2005, 08:25 PM

I have downloaded freepops_0.0.28-1woody_i386.deb, libssl0.9.6_0.9.6m-1_i386.deb and libcurl2-ssl_7.9.5-2_i386.deb from some sources. After instelling libcurl2-ssl_7.9.5-2_i386.deb, libssl0.9.6_0.9.6m-1_i386.deb and freepops_0.0.28-1woody_i386.deb it's running successfully. But I have to start this manually.

I want to put Freepops at startup with Port 110 and Bind 192.168.100.112

Can anyone give me some suggestion?

Omi

sudo gedit /etc/init.d/freepops

There's a variable in there named $DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPS or something like that. Drop your switches in there.. -p 110 -b 192.168.100.112

Oh, and if you don't already have a freepops in your init.d then
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/freepops
make it

#! /bin/sh
#
# TODO:
# To be in perfect debian style we should use start-stop-daemon also
# for chrooting.
#
#

### some default values ###

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

DEFAULT_DAEMON=/usr/local/bin/freepopsd
DEFAULT_PIDFILE=/var/run/freepopsd.pid
DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup -p 110 -b 192.168.100.112"
DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -p 110 -b 192.168.100.112"

NAME=freepopsd
DESC="freepops daemon"

### /etc/default/ loading ###

# Include freepops defaults if available. Used variables are:
# DAEMON, DAEMON_OPTS, CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS, PIDFILE, CHROOT
# all have a DEFAULT_ here, except CHROOT that is empty if the
# daemon should run in the normal environment

if [ -f /etc/default/freepops ] ; then
. /etc/default/freepops
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON" ] ; then
DAEMON=$DEFAULT_DAEMON
fi

if [ -z "$PIDFILE" ] ; then
PIDFILE=$DEFAULT_PIDFILE
fi

if [ -z "$DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

if [ -z "$CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS" ] ; then
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=$DEFAULT_CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

test -x $DAEMON || exit 0

set -e

### helpers ###

function start_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
--exec $DAEMON -- $DAEMON_OPTS
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --start -b --quiet -m -p $PIDFILE \
-r $CHROOT --exec $DAEMON -- $CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS
fi

}

function stop_freepopsd () {
if [ -z "$CHROOT" ] ; then
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
else
echo -n "(chroot) "
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet -p $PIDFILE
fi
rm $PIDFILE
}

### real code ###

case "$1" in
start)
echo -n "Starting $DESC: "
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
stop)
echo -n "Stopping $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
restart|force-reload)
echo -n "Restarting $DESC: "
stop_freepopsd
sleep 1
start_freepopsd
echo "$NAME."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/freepops
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|restart}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/freepops
sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults

Important note: I'm a total noob and have no idea what I'm doing. Before last week I had never spent more than a day using a linux system.

ikkinu

December 29th, 2005, 09:48 AM

I have guarddog installed, and the same "Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000". I use guarddog, and set a tcp:2000 allowed, but I can't connect. Can anyone help me?
bye

NeoFax

January 12th, 2006, 02:52 PM

ikkinu: Did you change the /etc/default/freepops file to have -p 2000 and -b 127.0.0.1? If not, it will not connect. I am using guarddog as well with the same setup of allowing packets across port 2000 with no problems.

DarkS0ul

October 28th, 2006, 04:59 PM

Freepops keeps getting new updates, so another way to install it now is from the main site. Which states:

Ubuntu and Kubuntu (amd64, i386)
Blackmoon (http://cybertech.altervista.org/en/freepops.php) provides up to date debs for Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
http://cybertech.altervista.org/en/freepops.php

After you have installed freepops you will then need to get the latest lua files such as hotmail.lua etc.

So find where it installed it the default location is: /usr/share/freepops/lua

Or you can search for it:

sudo find / -name "lua"

and it should bring up results of what paths are available.

Then you will need to go to the main site and grab the latest lua files as Gandalf shows you:

(First rename the originals so we can install the new ones):
sudo mv hotmail.lua hotmail.lua_old
sudo mv aol.lua aol.lua_old
sudo mv mailcom.lua mailcom.lua_old

cd browser
sudo mv browser.lua browser.lua_old
cd ..

(Now get the latest versions):
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=hotmail.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=aol.lua
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=mailcom.lua
cd browser
sudo wget http://www.freepops.org/download.php?file=browser.lua

NOTE: browser.lua and cookies.lua are located in the browser directory. (ex: /usr/share/freepops/lua/browser)

Get all the ones you need, the list of updates are on http://www.freepops.org/ it is best to grab them all. After that just follow what Gandalf has been nice enough to state :

add it to rc*.d runlevels

sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults

now to restart, stop or start freepops type
sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart }
instead of sudo freepopsd &

A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON HOW TO USE IT...
_________________________________________
when you install it, you must configure thunderbird, evolution, outlook or whatever pop client u use,

SERVER
________
server must be 127.0.0.1 if installed on the same PC, or PC's ip if installed on another,

PORT
_____
you must use port 2000

USERNAME
___________

you must use your email as username, for example to receive account@hotmail.com mails, your username is account@hotmail.com, samething for gmail, etc...

PASSWORD
___________
well your password http://www.siemens-mobiles.org/forum/Smileys/default/rofl.gif

and now you can receive your mails on your pop client.....

if you prefer not to install it, i have install it on my server, if you want to use it here's the config

server : mail.siemens-mobiles.org
port : 2000

i hope this guide will be usefull (useful) to you!

kit2

January 18th, 2007, 12:33 PM

Hi, I'm unable to get frepops to work under ubuntu, I've tried using Gandalfs how-to, I think I have the necessary files installed, but when it comes to the final compile crunch, i get this

sudo ./configure.sh linux
sudo make
sudo make install

Default is all
building lua
building luay
compiling luay.c -> luay.c:19:17: error: lua.h: No such file or directory
In file included from luay.c:20:
luay.h:44: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
luay.h:56: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
luay.h:61: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
luay.c:24: error: syntax error before ‘*’ token
luay.c: In function ‘luay_printtrace’:

I new to this, but its seems like it cant make the file lua.h, or cant include it, can anyone help??
Also instaling the Deb, from Freepops website, only gives me this error
Unable to bind on 0.0.0.0:2000
even if I bind it to the usual
sudo freepopsd -b 127.0.0.1
Unable to bind on 127.0.0.1:2000

Sumit

hunnypot

March 8th, 2007, 03:29 PM

Thanks Gandalf for your useful HOWTO!

I'm using Ubuntu Edgy, Evolution 2.8.1 and Freepops 0.2.0, and this is how I made it works.

1) Download .deb package of Freepops from http://cybertech.altervista.org/en/freepops.php (otherwise you can download source and make it)

2) Install .deb package
$ sudo dpkg -i ./freepops_0.2.0-1-bkm_i386.deb

Password:
Selecting previously deselected package freepops.
(Reading database ... 119316 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking freepops (from .../freepops_0.2.0-1-bkm_i386.deb) ...
Setting up freepops (0.2.0-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/freepops/config.lua ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/freepops ...
Removing local updates in /var/lib/freeopos/lua_updates/
* Stopping freepops daemon freepopsd
* Starting freepops daemon freepopsd

3) I followed the steps originally posted by Gandalf. The version that he's using is freepops-0.0.27. I've tried to find the configuration steps for freepops-0.2.0 but couldn't find any, so I decided to follow what he did.

3.1) Edit /etc/init.d/freepops
$ sudo gedit /etc/init.d/freepops
==> I found that no change was necessary.

3.2) Give it run permissions
$ ls -l /etc/init.d/freepops
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2672 2007-03-07 04:43 /etc/init.d/freepops
==> Have run permission by default.

3.3) Add it to rc*.d runlevels
$ sudo update-rc.d freepops defaults
System startup links for /etc/init.d/freepops already exist.
==> Already done.

3.4) Now to restart, stop or start freepops type
$ sudo invoke-rc.d freepops restart
* Stopping freepops daemon freepopsd [ ok ]
* Starting freepops daemon freepopsd [ ok ]

4) Evolution setting
4.1) Edit -> Preferences -> Add -> use wizard to create your account
4.2) Receiving Email
Server type: POP
Server: 127.0.0.1:2000 (freepops is running at port 2000 by default)
Username: your_account@domain.com (for example: sample@yahoo.com)
Security: No encryption
Authentication type: Password

Remark: Freepops doesn't have SMTP facility. You have to use your ISP's SMTP server. For me, I use Gmail SMTP server and it works fine.

However, my situation is I can retrieve Yahoo mails but when I send mails out from my Yahoo account (using Gmail SMTP), it appears to be sending from my Gmail account instead, not Yahoo. How can I make other people see that it's from Yahoo? Please suggest.

skirsman

April 14th, 2007, 10:33 PM

Your Post is GREAT

but I've this error

Sending Username and Password did nos succeed. Mail server 127.0.0.1 responded
Unknown error. please fix.

Thanx:guitar:

Gandalf

April 17th, 2007, 05:44 PM

Your Post is GREAT

but I've this error

Sending Username and Password did nos succeed. Mail server 127.0.0.1 responded
Unknown error. please fix.

Thanx:guitar:

It depends, please refer to http://freepops.diludovico.it/freepops-english/

Yochanan

May 2nd, 2007, 06:32 PM

Did you try this?

sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1 &

Try that. I think you don't have any LAN card installed in your machine. I faced the same problem from Windows and I installed MS Loopback Adapter. But I'm on Linux now and I have a LAN card, so try the above solution.

I tried that and got this:

yochanan@MyPrecious:~$ sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1 &
[2] 18281
yochanan@MyPrecious:~$ Unable to bind on 127.0.0.1:2000

ikkinu: Did you change the /etc/default/freepops file to have -p 2000 and -b 127.0.0.1? If not, it will not connect. I am using guarddog as well with the same setup of allowing packets across port 2000 with no problems.

How?

regomodo

June 13th, 2007, 06:57 AM

when i try to do this

$ sudo invoke-rc.d freepops { start | stop | restart }

i get

stop: missing job name
Try `stop --help' for more information.
bash: restart: command not found
/etc/init.d/freepops: 54: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript freepops, action "{" failed.

What exactly does that mean?

Shaun440

February 9th, 2008, 12:31 AM

I would like to bump this thread.

I've tried everything here and still cannot get freepops to work.

tattrat

May 9th, 2008, 10:13 AM

me to - this is a rubbish howto!

DesiArnez6

May 28th, 2008, 01:49 AM

same here... I am getting similar errors, sigh

After typing: sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1

I receive the error: Unable to bind on 127.0.0.1:2000

Does this have to do wit firewall permissions, firestarter, etc?

Dhammikae

May 30th, 2008, 06:47 PM

I am a newbee for Ubuntu but I have used Freepops for all my web mail for quite some time on Windows and here is how I got it working on Ubuntu.

Search Freepops in Synaptic package manager and select to install freepops and freepops-updater-fltk

After this do

sudo apt-get install build-essential

and that will install all the needed stuff.

Now update all lua packages to the latest using

sudo freepops-updater-fltk

And now you can start the service using

sudo freepopsd -p 110 -b 127.0.0.1 &
(I used it for port 110 - you can use 2000 as in default setting)

Now all my hotmail, yahoo, AOL and Gmail are working great. I use port 110 because I use a shared Thunderbird profile between my Windows and Ubuntu and in wondows I have been using port 110 as that seems to be the port my Virus scanner scans.

Hope this will help someone.

D.

ucro1263

June 5th, 2008, 03:33 AM

After typing: sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1

I receive the error: Unable to bind on 127.0.0.1:2000

Can someone help us with these???

ucro1263

June 5th, 2008, 04:19 AM

After typing: sudo freepopsd -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1

I receive the error: Unable to bind on 127.0.0.1:2000

Can someone help us with these???

OK, solved my above question myself!!!:lolflag:

Here's what i did:
sudo gedit /etc/default/freepops

in my file it contained the next data:
#####################################
# configuration file for freepopsd.
#
# man freepopsd for more info.
DAEMON="/usr/bin/freepopsd"
DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
PIDFILE="/var/run/freepops.pid"
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"

i changed tha last line to look like this:
#####################################
# configuration file for freepopsd.
#
# man freepopsd for more info.
DAEMON="/usr/bin/freepopsd"
DAEMON_OPTS=" -n -s nobody.nogroup"
PIDFILE="/var/run/freepops.pid"
CHROOTED_DAEMON_OPTS=" -p 2000 -b 127.0.0.1 -n -s nobody.nogroup"

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