Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 14:33:38 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley <burton@bsampley.vip.best.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: more problems w/ fetchmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970402140616.201A-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com>
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Greetings, I'm still having some trouble w/ fetchamil. I have posted a message earlier to both -current and -questions. Thanks to everyone who has helped me. Here's what's happening (or not): Fetchmail only seems to work correctly if I run routed. If I do not use routed then fetchmail gives the following error: bash$ fetchmail -av Querying mail.best.com (protocol POP3) at Wed Apr 2 14:05:11 1997 fetchmail: POP3< +OK BEST Internet PopPlus (version 1.0) host:shellx fetchmail: POP3> USER bsampley fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for bsampley. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK bsampley has 55 message(s) (163318 octets). fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 55 163318 fetchmail: 55 messages at bsampley@mail.best.com. fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2002 octets reading message 1 (2002 bytes)fetchmail: SMTP connect failed fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< Hi, fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.best.com When it gets to the line reading message 1 it will sit there for about 15 seconds and then give the message SMTP transaction error and then move on to the next host listed in my .fetchmailrc file. If I start routed while this problem is occuring the it suddenly works correctly and D/L's everything. If I kill routed and then start fetchmail again then it works. I'm using ppp -auto -alias demand to start ppp from my rc.local file. I used to start fetchmail with fetchmail -ad 3600 from my .profile (I know this is probably no the best place to start this, but it works for me and this is my home system). One person that responded to my previous posting stated that most likely I did not have a route to the 'outside world' but the above shows that fetchmail was able to login to the remote server and determine the number of un-read messages. Also, I am able to surf the net using both my FBSD box w/ Netscape and Lynx prior to starting routed (I removed it from the /etc/sysconfig file and now start and kill it manually to get fetchmail to work) and my Win95 box through an eithernet connection into the FBSD box. I setup both ppp and the connection to the Win95 box following the instructions from the 'Pendantic ppp primer' in the tutorials section at www.freebsd.org. Any ideas? Oh, BTW, I running 3.0-current (last CVSUPed Sat. morning with a successfull make world and recompiled kernel). If anyone needs more info, please email me and I'll send it. Thanks in advance. Burton Sampley --- Brought to you by a 100% Micro$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)
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