Do you have an SMTP server running on your machine? By default, fetchmail will try to deliver to the local SMTP server. If you don't, you could try using procmail as described in sections 2 and 3 of:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/guide-to-mutt.xml This is what I'm doing, and it works well. - PK On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 11:48:59AM -0800, ralphdewitt wrote: > Hi All: > When I > run fetchmailconf to test it does a IMAP conection to my isp's pop server > and > it sees > the messages, it then attempts to fetch message one, then errors with: > > SMTP connect to localhost failed > IMAP> A0008 LOGOUT > IMAP< ) > IMAP< A0007 OK completed > IMAP< +BYE Communigate Pro IMAP closing connection > IMAP< A0008 OK completed > SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.charter.net > 6.2.1 querying pop.charter.net (protocol IMAP) at Tue Mar 18 23:48:32 > 2003: poll competed > Query status=10 (SMTP) > normal termination, status 10 > > This is the Fetchmail configuration file created by Fetchmailconf run as > urser : > > # Configuration created Tue Mar 18 20:47:10 2003 by fetchmailconf > set postmaster "ralph" > set bouncemail > set no spambounce > set properties "" > set daemon 5 > poll pop.charter.net with proto IMAP > user 'ralphdewitt' there with password 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxx' is > 'ralphdewitt' > here > > What am I missing that it can not deliver to Localhost. Can You help to > clear up this problem. > > > Ralph > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
