I thought MDA was "Mail Delivery Agent" like procmail... not an MTA "Mail Transport Agent" like sendmail/postfix/qmail/Exim
still, by default, my fetchmail automatically passes mail onto my MTA (mdk8.1) so I didn't have to set that up.. did you use fetchmailconf to set it up? if not, try it, its very good. I used it the first few times, then I learned the lingo so to speak from reading what it wrote, now I don't need it. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: Mario da Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, 5 February 2002 1:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] fetchmail problem Hello Skippi, looks like you have a sendmail problem. what happens is fetchmail after downloading the mail passes it on to an mda like sendmail. to check whether this is infact your problem try the using the "--mda /bin/cat", "--keep" and the "--fetchlimit 1" options. if you can then read your first email on the screen, then the problem lies in your mda settings. HTH, mario Skippi wrote: > > Howdy all. Here is the deal. I am currently doing email in Linux using > Spruce & that is working just fine. I want to migrate to Pygmy. Here is > the rub. Pygmy needs an external program to fetch mail. So I have been > trying to set up fetchmail, but it's not syncronizeing with the servers > where my accounts are at. It's connecting, it's seeing mail is there, but > can not pull it in. I've been to the fetchmail homepage & check the FAQ & > How-To posted there, but they are not helping -- or if the answer is there > I'm not finding it. > > I am using Mandrake 7.2. Internet connection works, email works with other > programs. I am trying to pick up mail from 2 different servers. The > timeout was originally 300 seconds, I bumped it down to 30 seconds just to > speed things up but still got the same errors at 300 seconds, which made me > guess that a longer timeout setting was not the solution. > > here is my fetchmail config file, with my passwords replaced with the word > "password": > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > # Configuration created Mon Feb 4 18:51:41 2002 by fetchmailconf > set postmaster "skippi" > set nobouncemail > set properties "" > poll 204eastsouth.com via 204eastsouth.com > with proto POP3 timeout 30 and options no dns > user 'skippi' there with password 'password' is skippi here options > fetchall warnings 3600 > antispam 571 550 501 554 > > poll lamar.colostate.edu timeout 30 and options no dns > user 'skippi' there with password 'password' is skippi here options > fetchall warnings 3600 > antispam 571 550 501 554 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > and here is the output of my attempt to run fetchmail: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > fetchmail: 5.5.2 querying 204eastsouth.com (protocol POP3) at Mon, 04 Feb > 2002 20:59:01 -0700 (MST) > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 204eastsouth.com v2000.70rh server ready > fetchmail: POP3> USER skippi > fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please > fetchmail: POP3> PASS * > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages > fetchmail: POP3> STAT > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 12064 > 1 message for skippi at 204eastsouth.com (12064 octets). > fetchmail: POP3> LIST > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows > fetchmail: POP3< 1 12064 > fetchmail: POP3< . > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12064 octets > reading message 1 of 1 (12064 octets) > fetchmail: timeout after 30 seconds waiting for listener to respond. > fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) > fetchmail: 5.5.2 querying lamar.colostate.edu (protocol auto) at Mon, 04 > Feb 2002 20:59:36 -0700 (MST) > fetchmail: 5.5.2 querying lamar.colostate.edu (protocol IMAP) at Mon, 04 > Feb 2002 20:59:36 -0700 (MST) > fetchmail: IMAP< * OK lamar.colostate.edu IMAP4rev1 v10.234 server ready > fetchmail: IMAP> A0001 CAPABILITY > fetchmail: IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4REV1 NAMESPACE IDLE SCAN SORT > AUTH=LOGIN THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT > fetchmail: IMAP< A0001 OK CAPABILITY completed > fetchmail: IMAP> A0002 LOGIN "skippi" "*" > fetchmail: IMAP< A0002 OK LOGIN completed > fetchmail: IMAP> A0003 SELECT "INBOX" > fetchmail: IMAP< * 1 EXISTS > fetchmail: IMAP< * 0 RECENT > fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [UIDVALIDITY 1003279062] UID validity status > fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [UIDNEXT 161] Predicted next UID > fetchmail: IMAP< * FLAGS (\Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Draft \Seen) > fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [PERMANENTFLAGS (\* \Answered \Flagged \Deleted > \Draft \Seen)] Permanent flags > fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 OK [READ-WRITE] SELECT completed > 1 message (1 seen) for skippi at lamar.colostate.edu. > fetchmail: IMAP> A0004 FETCH 1 RFC822.SIZE > fetchmail: IMAP< * 1 FETCH (RFC822.SIZE 12217) > fetchmail: IMAP< A0004 OK FETCH completed > fetchmail: IMAP> A0005 FETCH 1 RFC822.HEADER > fetchmail: IMAP< * 1 FETCH (RFC822.HEADER {856} > reading message 1 of 1 (856 header octets) > fetchmail: timeout after 30 seconds waiting for listener to respond. > fetchmail: 5.5.2 querying lamar.colostate.edu (protocol POP3) at Mon, 04 > Feb 2002 21:00:09 -0700 (MST) > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 lamar.colostate.edu v4.47 server ready > fetchmail: POP3> USER skippi > fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please > fetchmail: POP3> PASS * > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages > fetchmail: POP3> STAT > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 12229 > 1 message for skippi at lamar.colostate.edu (12229 octets). > fetchmail: POP3> LIST > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows > fetchmail: POP3< 1 12229 > fetchmail: POP3< . > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12229 octets > reading message 1 of 1 (12229 octets) > fetchmail: timeout after 30 seconds waiting for listener to respond. > fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) > fetchmail: normal termination, status 7 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Any suggestions, clues or ideas? > > Can anyone suggest another program which Pygmy can use to retrieve mail? > > Thanks much for any help. > Skippi > > -- > ----------------------------------------- > Skippi > On The Fly Photography > http://204EastSouth.com > Meditation -- Yoga -- Linux -- Muffins > The Secrets of Life > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.12 > GAT d-(?) s: a C++ L++(+++) P E- W++ !N o? 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