Hi, Both getmail4 and fetchmail can handle this task well (Though I like the getmail4 package as being its maintainer.)
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 01:49:22PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Since the weekend my MUA POP3 connection has failed to receive > messages with this appearing in the log. > --- POP > RCV: +OK pop.shaw.ca > SND: USER peasthope > RCV: +OK password required for user peasth...@shaw.ca > SND: PASS **** > RCV: +OK server ready > SND: UIDL > RCV: +OK 35 messages > SND: LIST 1 > RCV: -ERR unable to parse msg > SND: RETR 1 > RCV: -ERR unable to parse msg > SND: QUIT > > Failure in parsing "LIST 1" baffles. How big a problem can parsing of 6 > characters be? To understand further, I want a Debian system to > automatically > retrieve messages from the POP3 server and put them in /home/peter/mbox. > Then qpopper can let the preferred MUA pop them from the mbox. Which Qpopper The most widely-used POP3 server for UNIX, Linux, etc. http://www.eudora.com/products/unsupported/qpopper/index.html Are you running that qpopper yourself? > software should be configured to retrieve from the ISP POP3 server and > store in mbox? Exim, getmail or another? I think your message is quite confuting. Anyway, run your MUA with more verbosity. mutt have -d option. Or connect to remote POP3 site with telnet. > Thanks, ... Peter E. > > > > -- > Telephone 1 360 639 0202. Former telephone 1 360 450 2132. > bcc: peasthope ... shaw.ca > "http://carnot.yi.org/" > "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171057394.56406.45108@cantor.invalid -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120119121034.GA3832@localhost