Quoting Emmanuel 'Manny' Amador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I'm trying to configure my system so I can run PINE to get my mail
> (currently using kmail or Netscape). on my standalone machine. Every
> time
> I run fetchmail, I get these wierd errors:
>
> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
> fetchmail: Query status=SMTP
>
> The program connects to my ISP's mail server and even counts the
> messages
> available. The errors come when it tries to rerad the messages and
> forward
> them to localhost (my machine, right?). What am I doing wrong.
>
> BTW, I don't have the fetchmailconf program. The PC uses a dialup
> account.
hi manny,
you have to have an smtp daemon running on your local machine.
fetchmail will retrieve your emails from your isp via pop
and then connect to your local smtp daemon to deliver those emails.
the details of 'mappings' should be specified in your .fetchmailrc
typically in root's home dir.
e.g. "deliver [EMAIL PROTECTED] to local user manny"
i'm sorry i can't give more details as i don't have fetchmail on
my machine. the fetchmail package has a sample rc file afaik.
hth
peace!
-eric
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