"tuxsom" == tuxsom <somu> writes:
tuxsom> Hi Friends, I am getting this error when I run fetchmail. tuxsom> "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com" tuxsom> What should I do? It sounds like you should call tech support. I notice that the host does not respond to pings, and I can't connect to the pop3 port. Try these commands below. Cheers! Shyamal shyamal@rattler:~$ telnet mail.rediff.com pop3 Trying 202.54.124.154... Trying 203.199.83.5... Trying 203.199.83.131... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.5 PING 203.199.83.5 (203.199.83.5): 56 data bytes --- 203.199.83.5 ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 202.54.124.154 PING 202.54.124.154 (202.54.124.154): 56 data bytes --- 202.54.124.154 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.131 PING 203.199.83.131 (203.199.83.131): 56 data bytes --- 203.199.83.131 ping statistics --- 41 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ dig mail.rediff.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mail.rediff.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38124 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mail.rediff.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 202.54.124.154 mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 203.199.83.5 mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 203.199.83.131 [snip] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]