On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:32:27PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: >I'm having an e-mail problem. > >I have DSL, and Col 3.1.1. I've been running successfully for a long time, and >now things are beginning to fail. > >Early this week I lost phone service for a few days, and during that time, >I had to reboot my system because it got hung (for unknown reasons). > >I had used the Caldera updater to get a new version of fetchmail back in >January - but I don't think I restarted it until the reboot. > >Yesterday I could download e-mail from my ISP, today I can't. The fetchmail >log looks like this : > >$ fetchmail -v -v -f .fetchmailmylinux >fetchmail: 6.1.0 querying 216.39.194.16 (protocol POP3) at Fri 28 Feb 2003 12:19:26 >PM CST: poll started >fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 www.mylinuxisp.com v2001.78rh server ready >fetchmail: POP3> CAPA >fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows: >fetchmail: POP3< TOP >fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 180 >fetchmail: POP3< UIDL >fetchmail: POP3< STLS >fetchmail: POP3< USER >fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN >fetchmail: POP3< . >fetchmail: POP3> STLS >fetchmail: POP3< +OK STLS completed >fetchmail: SSL connection failed. >fetchmail: Authorization failure on [EMAIL PROTECTED] >fetchmail: POP3> QUIT >fetchmail: 6.1.0 querying 216.39.194.16 (protocol POP3) at Fri 28 Feb 2003 12:19:26 >PM CST: poll completed >fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL) >fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. >fetchmail: normal termination, status 3 >fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. > >What is this SSL thing, and why am I suddenly getting this? I'm completely >mystified, don't even know where to look.
SASL/SSL provides for secure authentication instead of sending usernames and passwords over the link in clear text. It appears that your ISP has changed their authentication requirements. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins.'' -- H.L. Mencken, 1923 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
