poll pop.gmail.com proto pop3 port 995 user me_not_you password xxxx ssl mda \ 
"/usr/bin/maildrop"

This works for me ^ (you don't need the mda maildrop part, of course)

On Tuesday 15 November 2005 12:56 pm, Lovell McIlwain wrote:
> My .fetchmaiilrc file has the following:
>
> poll pop.gmail.com with proto auto
> user [EMAIL PROTECTED] there with the password **************** is lmcilwain
> here
>
> I have also tried changing proto to ssl and leaving it at pop3 and
> specifying port 995
>
> poll pop.gmail.com with proto ssl
> poll pop.gmail.com with proto pop3 with port 995
>
> None seemed to work,  The fetchmail release Im running is  6.2.5+SSL+INET6
>
> On 11/15/05, Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 11:31 -0500, Lovell Mcilwain wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Can anyone tell me how I can configure fetchmail to check my gmail
> > > account using ssl (port 995)? Apparently fetchmail supports (according
> > > to the website) it but it doesn't say how to configure it to work.
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated :)
> >
> > First, I would read "man fetchmail" :-)
> >
> > My copy of the man page contains options for port numbers and SSL
> > configuration.  According to mine, you shouldn't even need to define
> > port numbers, just give it the --ssl flag.
> > --
> > Zan Lynx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
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