With the latest woody version of fetchmail (5.9.0-4), fetchmail hangs when trying to retrieve a message. This just started a few days ago after an upgrade. I tried manually retrieving a message and also tried getmail and was able to retrieve messages normally. Here is a script of what transpired:
Script started on Mon Oct 1 09:19:09 2001 $ fetchmail -avv fetchmail: 5.9.0 querying mail.oz.net (protocol POP3) at Mon Oct 1 09:19:13 2001 fetchmail: POP3< +OK ready fetchmail: POP3> USER nielsen fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for nielsen. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK nielsen has 202 visible messages (0 hidden) in 619001 octets. fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 202 619001 202 messages for nielsen at mail.oz.net (619001 octets). fetchmail: POP3> LIST fetchmail: POP3< +OK 202 visible messages (619001 octets) fetchmail: POP3< 1 4315 <snip> fetchmail: POP3< 202 2408 fetchmail: POP3< . fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4315 octets reading message 1 of 202 (4315 octets) (long delay at this point) About to rewrite From: Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rewritten version is From: Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> About to rewrite To: Debian Mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Rewritten version is To: Debian Mailing list <debian-user@lists.debian.org> About to rewrite Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org Rewritten version is Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org About to rewrite Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rewritten version is Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (long delay at this point) fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhost ESMTP Debian Sendmail 8.12.0.Beta19/8.12.0.Beta19/Debian 8.12.0.Beta19; Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:21:52 -0700 fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost fetchmail: SMTP< 250-bob.localnet Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN ANONYMOUS fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DELIVERBY fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP fetchmail: forwarding to localhost fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SIZE=4315 fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Recipient ok fetchmail: SMTP> DATA fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself #***************************.****************************.**********fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM) fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 f91GJGMv001908 Message accepted for delivery flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1 fetchmail: POP3< -ERR POP timeout from emerald.oz.net fetchmail: POP timeout from emerald.oz.net fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< +OK Pop server at emerald.oz.net signing off. fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.oz.net fetchmail: Query status=4 (PROTOCOL) fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT fetchmail: SMTP< 221 2.0.0 bob.localnet closing connection fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. fetchmail: normal termination, status 4 fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. Any ideas? Bob