> Eureka !!! I used your .fetchmailrc format and this did the trick. I still > have not figured out why I cant post to the local SMPT connection (still same > error message) but can into exim. Another of lifes mysteries. I should look > into this. Anyone have any clues? > > Many thanks to all who so kindly responded: Alex, Bob, Lindsay, Martin and > Tim > et al. > > Here is the .fetchmail rc that worked for me: > > poll milo.cfw.com > proto pop3 > user vtorrico > password *********** > # keep > fetchall > mda "exim -bm %s"
I haven't been following this thread too thoroughly, but a while back I had a similar problem with fetchmail and an SMTP error. The solution to my problem was to use fetchmail's "smtphost" option. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .