Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 16:31:29 -0500 From: Jon Hamilton <hamilton@pobox.com> To: Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: Questions=answers <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fetchmail oddities Message-ID: <199807192129.OAA24534@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 19 Jul 1998 16:38:57 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719163554.610A-100000@outpost.nada.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719163554.610A-100000@outpost.nada.org>, Spidey wr ote: } Hello! } } I was happily fetching my mail with fetchmail today when I got that: } beaupran@outpost [4:35pm] ~> fetchmail -v } fetchmail: 4.3.8 querying 10.0.2.1 (protocol POP3) at Sun Jul 19 16:36:46 } 1998 } fetchmail: POP3< +OK slirp.popper (version 2.2-b5/1) at } derby.jsp.umontreal.ca starting. } fetchmail: POP3> USER beaupran } fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for beaupran. } fetchmail: POP3> PASS * } fetchmail: POP3< +OK beaupran has 1 message (641 octets). } fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder } fetchmail: POP3> STAT } fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 641 } fetchmail: 1 message for beaupran at 10.0.2.1. } fetchmail: POP3> LIST } fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages (641 octets) } fetchmail: POP3< 1 641 } fetchmail: POP3< . } fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 } fetchmail: POP3< +OK 641 octets } reading message 1 of 1 (641 bytes) } fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Connection refused It's trying to talk to your MTA on port 25, which isn't listening. Either fix that, or use the --mda option to fetchmail to avoid having it try to talk smtp to your machine in order to deliver mail. -- Jon Hamilton hamilton@pobox.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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