On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 11:25:52 -0400 Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> And yet something seems to be causing the verbose setting to produce > insufficient output on the new host. > harry > fetchmail -vvvac > fetchmail: Old UID list from pop.newsguy.com: <empty> > fetchmail: Old UID list from pop.newsguy.com: <empty> > fetchmail: Scratch list of UIDs: <empty> Does fetchmail exit back to prompt after outputing just these three lines? > I've been moving my main work host, (Debian jessie), to a vm running > on a windows hosts. > > I now have it setup, and been using it for a while. Do you mean you've been using the vm for awhile? Or Do you mean you've been using fetchmail from within the vm for awhile? > It seems odd that I can view and access the mail with web interface at > newsguy.com but cannot retrieve it with the `new' host. There are many reasons why mail might only be accessible from a web interface. However, it's likely there's some local configuration problem with the fetchmail or vm setup or both... On Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:50:59 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > Time to go back to basics. > > brian@desktop:~$ telnet pop.newsguy.com pop3 > Trying 74.209.136.72... I would try Brian's suggestion. Can you telnet to the pop server from the vm? Also, are you using the vm exim installation for local mail delivery to your intranet? To your Windows host through the vm? To other network clients? If so, you probably will need to open ports both in the Debian installation and through the vm NAT interface. --Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140811145625.98ea40e31738a1efde407...@1024bits.com
