I have Red-Hat 6.1. After I have installed the package imap-4.5-4 and modified the file /etc/inetd.conf (i have enabled the lines pop2 - pop3 - imap) i have enabled sendmail. After that in my /var/log/messages there is the following error : auth/tcp: bind: Address already in use. The message continues every 10 minutes. I have try to go back but the message remain. Thank You Giovanni (cedatec)
Verify that the new changes (probably in /etc/inetd.conf.rpmnew) are merged. The files is marked %config(noreplace), which basically means that we (Red Hat) will never change the file, so the merge is up to you. The problem comes from starting up 2 instances of in.identd which are squabbling over the port. For Red Hat 6.1, indets startup of in.identd is the preferred method, but see also your alternatives in /usr/doc/pidentd*.