Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused
On (25/03/09 01:05), Chris Bannister wrote: | On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 07:37:45PM -0700, johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com wrote: | > | > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to download mail. ... | > )..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: Connection | > ... | | Does it work using the -m option? Everything now works fine. The solution, suggested by Florian Kulzer, was to upgrade lsb* to version 3.2-22. For some strange reason, it was necessary that day to "aptitude update" several times to be offered version 3.2.22. A laptop updated the morning of Saturday, 21 March, got 3.2-22, and never had a problem. Two other machines updated _later_ that same afternoon were moved only from 3.2-20 to 3.2-21. After receiving Florian's suggestion, two or three repeats of "aptitude update" were needed in order to get the desired choice. Anyway, this puzzling fact aside, all is well at present. I've written it off to the joys of running side. -- johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com GPG key 1024D/99421A63 2005-01-05 EE51 79E9 F244 D734 A012 1CEC 7813 9FE9 9942 1A63 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 99421A63 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 07:37:45PM -0700, johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com wrote: > > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to download > mail. An identitical .fetchmailrc works on a different laptop, both running > uptodate sid. Here's a sample error message: > > 2 messages for JohnRChamplin at pop-server.columbus.rr.com (11760 octets). > reading message johnrchamp...@pop-server.columbus.rr.com:1 of 2 (4264 octets > )..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: Connection > refused. > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from johnrchamp...@pop-serv > er.columbus.rr.com and delivering to SMTP host localhost > fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) Does it work using the -m option? -- Chris. == I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. -- Stephen F Roberts -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
[SOLVED] Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused
On (22/03/09 08:18), John wrote: | --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Florian Kulzer wrote: | | >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 19:37:45 | > > -0700, johnrchamplin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com wrote: | > > | > > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to | > > download mail. ... | Florian's suggestion in reponse to another email from me ( Subject: "clamd and freshclam won't run") solved this problem too. (Bless him!) The solution is to upgrade lsb* to version 3.2-22. -- johnrchamp...@columbus.rr.com GPG key 1024D/99421A63 2005-01-05 EE51 79E9 F244 D734 A012 1CEC 7813 9FE9 9942 1A63 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 99421A63 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused
--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 19:37:45 > > -0700, johnrchamplin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com wrote: > > > > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to > > download mail. ... > > )..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: > > Connection > > refused. > > ... > > fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) > > Check the status of port 25 on that machine, ... > # lsof -i :25 > # netstat -plant | grep ':25 ' > tcp 0 0 Thanks, Florian. Neither command produces any return, because (as I discovered after I sent my first note), exim 4 is not running and refuses to start: root@/usr/sbin# /etc/init.d/exim4 start Starting MTA:/sbin/start-stop-daemon: Unable to chdir() to '/usr/sbin' (No such file or directory) exim4 itself is up-to-date (Installed: 4.69-9, with all exim4 files unchanged since 2008-10-05). Could the problem be with the /sbin/start-stop-daemon, a part of dpkg (1.14.25, installed 2009-02-07)? rkhunter just wrote, "Please inspect this machine, because it may be infected." Evidently properties of /usr/bin/ldd have changed, and I did indeed upgrade libc6 (currently 2.9-6) just before the trouble appeared. Would you recommend reinstalling dpkg and/or libc6? Or is it time for drastic measures? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Fetchmail problem: connection to localhost refused
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 19:37:45 -0700, johnrchamplin AT columbus DOT rr DOT com wrote: > > Fetchmail, for reasons I can't figure out, has started refusing to > download mail. An identitical .fetchmailrc works on a different > laptop, both running uptodate sid. Here's a sample error message: > > 2 messages for JohnRChamplin at pop-server.columbus.rr.com (11760 octets). > reading message johnrchamp...@pop-server.columbus.rr.com:1 of 2 (4264 octets > )..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: Connection > refused. > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from johnrchamp...@pop-serv > er.columbus.rr.com and delivering to SMTP host localhost > fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) Check the status of port 25 on that machine, e.g.: # lsof -i :25 COMMAND PIDUSER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME exim4 2933 Debian-exim3u IPv4 736372 0t0 TCP localhost:smtp (LISTEN) # netstat -plant | grep ':25 ' tcp0 0 127.0.0.1:250.0.0.0:* LISTEN 2933/exim4 > P.S. > I'd be grateful if you'd copy me at johnrchamp...@yahoo.com. -- Regards,| http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: fetchmail problem on etch
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 10:36:25AM -0400, thanigai rajan wrote: > hai all, > > i have configured fetchmail on etch with postfix+dovecot(imap). > it works on a particular user. > > say a user thanigai can retrieve mails from isp server.but another user named > sathish can't retrieve mails from isp server. > > while user sathish give the command as "fetchmailconf" it says that " > fetchmailconf must be run under X " (but the user thanigai can run this > command) > while user sathish give the command "fetchmail" it says that "skipping > message [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.unitedprotech.com:1 not flushed" > > where [EMAIL PROTECTED] is username > pop.unitedprotech.com is the isp name. > > for this how can i retrieve mails for sathish if it says 'not flushed', I usually do 'fetchmail -a' -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System| go to counter.li.org and | | `-http://www.debian.org/ |be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |___ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed ___| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem on etch
thanigai rajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | hai all, | | i have configured fetchmail on etch with postfix+dovecot(imap). | it works on a particular user. | | say a user thanigai can retrieve mails from isp server.but another user | named sathish can't retrieve mails from isp server. | | while user sathish give the command as "fetchmailconf" it says that " | fetchmailconf must be run under X " (but the user thanigai can run this | command) | while user sathish give the command "fetchmail" it says that "skipping | message [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.unitedprotech.com:1 not flushed" | | where [EMAIL PROTECTED] is username |pop.unitedprotech.com is the isp name. | | for this how can i retrieve mails for sathish | | -- poll pop.unitedprotech.com with proto pop3 user "sathish" there with password "satich-password" is "user" here you have to change satich-password as your passw at your isp-mailbox and user who's logged-in on the machine. mess-mate -- You may be gone tomorrow, but that doesn't mean that you weren't here today. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem, can't start
Incoming from Antonio Rodriguez: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:01:49AM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Antonio Rodriguez: > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash -x $(which fetchmail) > > > /usr/bin/fetchmail: /usr/bin/fetchmail: cannot execute binary file > > > > Do you have a ~/.fetchmail.pid? rm that and try again. > > It worked perfectly. Thank you. Is this *.pid created due to a falure > of the original process? "man fetchmail" and "/FILES": ~/.fetchmail.pid lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode). You wouldn't want two fetchmail processes going after the same thing at the same time. They'd both fail for nonsensical reasons. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem, can't start
On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 11:01:49AM -0600, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Antonio Rodriguez: > > I noticed that since last night fetchmail is not working (as > > user). The way I have it set up is that the user (me) has the settings > > in .fetchmailrc in /home/tony/ > > Last night we had some power outage, and probably after it is the the > > problem started. This is what I get: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash -x $(which fetchmail) > > /usr/bin/fetchmail: /usr/bin/fetchmail: cannot execute binary file > > Do you have a ~/.fetchmail.pid? rm that and try again. > It worked perfectly. Thank you. Is this *.pid created due to a falure of the original process? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem, can't start
Incoming from Antonio Rodriguez: > I noticed that since last night fetchmail is not working (as > user). The way I have it set up is that the user (me) has the settings > in .fetchmailrc in /home/tony/ > Last night we had some power outage, and probably after it is the the > problem started. This is what I get: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ bash -x $(which fetchmail) > /usr/bin/fetchmail: /usr/bin/fetchmail: cannot execute binary file Do you have a ~/.fetchmail.pid? rm that and try again. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
Es geschah am Samstag, 6. Dezember 2003 04:49 als Marc Wilson schrieb: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:51:37AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any > > > problems, but now mail retrieval fails with the following error > > > messages: > > > > > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > > > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > > > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from > > > mail.epost.de > > > > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local > > MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. > > Uh, no, if you'll note from the direction of the arrows (and the OP's later > message where he telnet's to the POPd), the error about the disk file is > coming from the POP server, and has nothing to do with the local MTA or > fetchmail itself. Exactly, when I connect via telnet I can list all emails without a problem, but when I try get (RETR) one of the erroneous emails, the server just replies with the following single line -ERR cannot open disk file error So no single byte of this email is transmitted and this has really nothing to do with fetchmail, BUT the bug regarding fetchmail IMO is, that it doesn't act like my other email clients, just ignoring this error while RETR one of those erroneous emails and trying to proceed to RETR the next email in the list to fetch those emails that are actually downloadable, and this has absolutely nothing to do with my local MTA; fetchmail just dies with the first error message trying to download one of the erroneous emails. Or do you think this an appropriate behaviour? Best regards Chrisian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 07:49:40PM -0800, Marc Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:51:37AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any problems, > > > but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages: > > > > > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > > > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > > > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.epost.de > > > > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local > > MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. > > Uh, no, if you'll note from the direction of the arrows (and the OP's > later message where he telnet's to the POPd), the error about the disk > file is coming from the POP server, and has nothing to do with the > local MTA or fetchmail itself. Possible. As I'd indicated, I run across this periodically. At unpredictable times, without access to the file in question, and generally with a primary objective of clearing the problem and retrieving my mail successfully. So I may have bits wrong. OTOH, when I've seen the error, the indication of where the problem is has been vague. This is consistent with posts I've seen from others. And I resolved the problem previously by bypassing the local MTA, as described. > Now... why the remote might be having problems opening a disk file, I > have no idea, but the problem isn't on the local end. Somewhat consistent with the other characteristics described by the OP, through. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? The golden rule of technical design: complexity is the enemy. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:51:37AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any problems, > > but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages: > > > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.epost.de > > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local > MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. Uh, no, if you'll note from the direction of the arrows (and the OP's later message where he telnet's to the POPd), the error about the disk file is coming from the POP server, and has nothing to do with the local MTA or fetchmail itself. Now... why the remote might be having problems opening a disk file, I have no idea, but the problem isn't on the local end. -- Marc Wilson | Today, THREE WINOS from DETROIT sold me a framed [EMAIL PROTECTED] | photo of TAB HUNTER before his MAKEOVER! signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
Em Fri, 05 Dec 2003 20:28:29 +0100, Christian Schoenebeck escreveu: > I still think this can be considered as a bug in fetchmail: my > other email clients just ignored those couple of mails that were stuck on > the server, fetchmail just stops processing when it got an error while > trying to RETR one of those messages. It should just ignore these and > continue to fetch the next ones. Obviously ignoring is not an option. The MUA can bypass, but the user has to receive at least an error message in a log or something the like. -- Leandro GuimarÃes Faria Corsetti Dutra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Belo Horizonte, Londrina, SÃo Paulo +55 (11) 5686 9607 http://br.geocities.com./lgcdutra/ +55 (11) 5685 2219 Soli Deo Gloria!+55 (11) 9406 7191 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
on Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:28:29PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Es geschah am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 17:51 als Karsten M. Self schrieb: > > on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:59:55PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any > > > problems, but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages: > > > > > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > > > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > > > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from > > > mail.epost.de > > > > I suspect you're dropping fetchmail output onto your local TMA, possibly > > exim? > > > > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local > > MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. > > > > Two solutions: > > > > - Drop output directly onto a local mda such as procmail with the > > "mda" option (man fetchmail). > > > > - Use direct access to your POP box (telnet 110 or pop3browser) to > > identify the malignant mail and delete it from the remote server. > No email client was able to fetch those mails (15 mails) which caused > the problem, so I had to telnet it. RETR one of those 15 messages > failed on server side, so I had no chance to look what these mails > were and where they came from. But at least DELE those mails fixed the > problem. Again: pop3browser may be useful hee. > But IMHO I still think this can be considered as a bug in fetchmail: No. Exim is refusing to accept the message. Fetchmail is doing what it should: it's telling you that it tried, but was unable, to deliver the mail. It *could* phrase the error more clearly to indicate the problem is local, rather than remote. I've not been able to convince exim that it should allow these mails, nor am I sure of a fix which says to simply dump such messages. Note that other clients (e.g.: Eudora) fail rather more dramatically in situations such as this. > my other email clients just ignored those couple of mails that were > stuck on the server, fetchmail just stops processing when it got an > error while trying to RETR one of those messages. It should just > ignore these and continue to fetch the next ones. I'm not sure this is the case -- while fetchmail reports an error, I seem to recall it actually fetching other mails, if not on first pass, then eventually. But I could be wrong, this only happens periodically. > (please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list currently) Second request: set your Reply-To header to reflect your wishes, or browse archives or usenet (gmane apparently gateways d-u) yourself. My next response will simply be list default. And moreover: do *not* CC me. I *am* subscribed to the list. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Bush/Cheney '04: Four More Wars! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
Es geschah am Freitag, 5. Dezember 2003 17:51 als Karsten M. Self schrieb: > on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:59:55PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any > > problems, but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages: > > > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from > > mail.epost.de > > I suspect you're dropping fetchmail output onto your local TMA, possibly > exim? > > In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local > MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. > > Two solutions: > > - Drop output directly onto a local mda such as procmail with the > "mda" option (man fetchmail). > > - Use direct access to your POP box (telnet 110 or pop3browser) to > identify the malignant mail and delete it from the remote server. > Yes, that was it, thanks! No email client was able to fetch those mails (15 mails) which caused the problem, so I had to telnet it. RETR one of those 15 messages failed on server side, so I had no chance to look what these mails were and where they came from. But at least DELE those mails fixed the problem. But IMHO I still think this can be considered as a bug in fetchmail: my other email clients just ignored those couple of mails that were stuck on the server, fetchmail just stops processing when it got an error while trying to RETR one of those messages. It should just ignore these and continue to fetch the next ones. (please CC me, I'm not subscribed to the list currently) Best regards Christian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem (maybe bug)
on Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 02:59:55PM +0100, Christian Schoenebeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using fetchmail 5.9.11-6.2 from woody since a while without any problems, > but now mail retrieval fails with the following error messages: > > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > fetchmail: POP3< -ERR cannot open disk file error 2 > fetchmail: cannot open disk file error 2 > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection > fetchmail: client/server protocol error while fetching from mail.epost.de I suspect you're dropping fetchmail output onto your local TMA, possibly exim? In this case, malformed headers in some spam is rejected by your local MTA. The result is that messages aren't delivered. Two solutions: - Drop output directly onto a local mda such as procmail with the "mda" option (man fetchmail). - Use direct access to your POP box (telnet 110 or pop3browser) to identify the malignant mail and delete it from the remote server. > Please reply directly to me, because I'm not subscribed to the list at the > moment. In which case: set your reply-to appropriately. More generally, requesting a CC rather than a personal response is considered preferable. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Bush/Cheney '04: Over a billion Whoppers served. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fetchmail problem
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 10:42:29PM +1300, Richard Hector wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > > > > > > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > > > > > > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? > > > > > > > > > > If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: > > > > > > > > > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > > > > > user henry pass pass2 is harry here > > I would have thought you could just fetch it once, and deliver it to an > alias: > > user henry pass pass2 is both here > > and in /etc/aliases: > > both: jim harry > > Untested, and I'm not that familiar with fetchmail; fetchmailconf did > mine IIRC :-) Yes, much more sensible. Actually it should be both: jim,harry -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem
> > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > > > > > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > > > > > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? > > > > > > > > If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: > > > > > > > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > > > > user henry pass pass2 is harry here I would have thought you could just fetch it once, and deliver it to an alias: user henry pass pass2 is both here and in /etc/aliases: both: jim harry Untested, and I'm not that familiar with fetchmail; fetchmailconf did mine IIRC :-) Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 01:52:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > thanks, I will try that. > > Cheers > > Paul > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 00:10, David Jardine wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > > > > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > > > > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? > > > > > > If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: > > > > > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > > > user henry pass pass2 is harry here > > > > > > > Sorry, that should have been: > > > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > > user james pass pass1 is harry here Still not quite right: user james pass pass1 is jim here keep user james pass pass1 is harry here fetchall -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem
thanks, I will try that. Cheers Paul On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 00:10, David Jardine wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > > > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > > > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? > > > > If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: > > > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > > user henry pass pass2 is harry here > > > > Sorry, that should have been: > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > user james pass pass1 is harry here > > > -- > > David Jardine > > > > "Running Debian GNU/Linux and > > loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. > > -- > David Jardine > > "Running Debian GNU/Linux and > loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- .''`. Paul William : :' :Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 11:27:59AM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > > Hi > > > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? > > If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: > > user james pass pass1 is jim here keep > user henry pass pass2 is harry here > Sorry, that should have been: user james pass pass1 is jim here keep user james pass pass1 is harry here > -- > David Jardine > > "Running Debian GNU/Linux and > loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 03:01:45PM +1300, Paul William wrote: > Hi > > I am running fetchmail on woody. I want fetchmail to get mail from a > pop3 account and deliver to mail to two local accounts. I want both to > receive all the mail - not multi-drop. Can this be done? If there's no other way, you could always fetch it twice: user james pass pass1 is jim here keep user henry pass pass2 is harry here -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -Sacher M. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fetchmail problem
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Re: Fetchmail Problem!!!!
somu wrote:
>> "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com"
>>
>> What should I do?
Rediffmail does not have POP3 service. I think that they use IMAP or
maybe even web-based services. Try picking your mails via a client
which has IMAP support. Fetchmail can bring in mails from an IMAP
server, do refer the fetchmail man-page.
If it is a web base one, try out YoSucker. It is meant to work on
Yahoo accounts.
Best..
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Re: Fetchmail Problem!!!!
"tuxsom" == tuxsom writes: tuxsom> Hi Friends, I am getting this error when I run fetchmail. tuxsom> "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com" tuxsom> What should I do? It sounds like you should call tech support. I notice that the host does not respond to pings, and I can't connect to the pop3 port. Try these commands below. Cheers! Shyamal shyamal@rattler:~$ telnet mail.rediff.com pop3 Trying 202.54.124.154... Trying 203.199.83.5... Trying 203.199.83.131... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.5 PING 203.199.83.5 (203.199.83.5): 56 data bytes --- 203.199.83.5 ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 202.54.124.154 PING 202.54.124.154 (202.54.124.154): 56 data bytes --- 202.54.124.154 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.131 PING 203.199.83.131 (203.199.83.131): 56 data bytes --- 203.199.83.131 ping statistics --- 41 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss shyamal@rattler:~$ dig mail.rediff.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mail.rediff.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38124 ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mail.rediff.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: mail.rediff.com.21600 IN A 202.54.124.154 mail.rediff.com.21600 IN A 203.199.83.5 mail.rediff.com.21600 IN A 203.199.83.131 [snip] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fetchmail Problem!!!!
* somu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-24 10:55:13]: > Hi Friends, > > > I am getting this error when I run fetchmail. > > "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com" > > What should I do? Be sure that the address for the mail server you provided is correct. I can see that the mail server - mail.rediff.com - doesn't use the same domain as your email address - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this correct? -- Michael Kristensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP keyID: 0x03334D08 | D1EE F0AA D67D 8031 25C6 C120 96F5 7514 0333 4D08 msg03311/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fetchmail Problem!!!!
On Tuesday 24 September 2002 11:45, somu wrote: > Hi Friends, > > > I am getting this error when I run fetchmail. > > "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com" mail server is down ? see if you can telnet to it (telnet mail.rediff.com 110) or if you can ping it. then again, i can see that this is your mail account, so how are you getting messages right now ? can you access it directly ? ((not via fetchmail) tal. > > What should I do? > > Cheers!!! > Somu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fetchmail problem
[Disclaimer: I'm no expert here, so please add salt as necessary...] On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:49:34PM -0700, Carl Weidling wrote: > Hello, > > When I run my slackware distro, I'm used to using fetchmail get mail > with the command: > > fetchmail -k --protocol POP3 -u cpw pop.rahul.net > > Fetchmail then asks me for a password, and gets the mail. I read it > using mailx. > > However, when I try this from my newly installed Debian Woody distro, > fetchmail spits out something like: > > reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:259 of 261 (3121 octets) ..fetchmail:\ > SMTP error: 553 5.1.8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ > ... Domain of sender address \ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not exist > . not flushed > reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:260 of 261 (3327 octets) ..fetchmail:\ > SMTP error: 553 5.1.8 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...\ > Domain of sender address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > does not exist > . not flushed Here fetchmail seems to retrieve your mail OK, but things go wrong when fetchmail hands them over to your local MTA. > and there's no mail for mailx to fetch, nothing in /var/mail/cpw. I > can send mail locally and it shows up in /var/mail, and can be read by > mailx, but nothing from fetchmail. Right now, the only way I can read > mail from my ISP in Debian is with netscape messenger. I presume that netscape is set up to talk to your ISP's smtp/(pop3|imap) server? Which MTA are you running ? (exim, sendmail etc?) From the messages, it looks like your MTA is attempting to verify that the sender's domain exists (a common anti-spam measure, I believe). But lists.debian.org *does* indeed exist :-) Time to look into your MTA config HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.karl.jorgensen.com Please read http://www.pantsfullofunix.net before reporting bugs in my code. pgpdyJNolZ6sd.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: fetchmail problem
yes, I just had this problem too. Be sure we're on the page by doing the following: telnet localhost 25 if the connection is refused or similar, smtp is not running. To solve the problem I installed sendmail (I know it better than exim): apt-get install sendmail do the configs, I'm not sure how you get service so it's tough to say too much. One issue that I had was that mail is received at my isp at beerdrinker.org but when I receive it sendmail wants to send it back, so I modified my /etc/hosts file to add beerdrinker.org to the 127.0.0.1 line. Kludgy though, cuz now I can't send mail properly to beerdrinker.org. Pretty sure that there is a configuration for sendmail that I can set that will unbreak this...but it works for now. rick Frederico S. Muñoz writes: > > > New Star Service Company wrote: > > > > I create .fetchmailrc file in my /home/satyajit . > > like this : > > default > > forcecr > > poll spnetctg.com with proto POP > > user satyajit with password "" > > fetchall > > > > and give command in root > > # chmod 0710 /home/satyajit/.fetchmailrc > > > > I take connection and use this command in my /home/satyajit > > $ fetchmail -K pop.spnetctg.com > > password : > > > > but fetchmail give me following error but it show me how many message in my > > pop server. > > fetchmail : SMTP connect to localhost failed > > fetchmail : SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.spnetctg.com > > fetchmail : Query status = 10 > > > > please help me how can I solve this problem. > > > I think that the problem is not with fetchmail: fetchmail get's you mail > from the POP server, but fails to deliver it to your local MTA > (sendmail/exim/postfix/qmail/whatever). > I had this problem before... I had to remove a smtpd package (IIRC) and > change a thing in sendmail configuration... > > I know this isn't much help, but at least you know where the problem is > (if I'm right, that is :) ). > > yours, > > fsm > -- > Frederico Serrano Muñoz GNU: http://www.gnu.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian: http://www.debian.org > > SDF - Public Access Unix Systems - http://sdf.lonestar.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- A picture is worth about 25000 characters. Any more and it takes too long to download.
Re: fetchmail problem
New Star Service Company wrote: > > I create .fetchmailrc file in my /home/satyajit . > like this : > default > forcecr > poll spnetctg.com with proto POP > user satyajit with password "" > fetchall > > and give command in root > # chmod 0710 /home/satyajit/.fetchmailrc > > I take connection and use this command in my /home/satyajit > $ fetchmail -K pop.spnetctg.com > password : > > but fetchmail give me following error but it show me how many message in my > pop server. > fetchmail : SMTP connect to localhost failed > fetchmail : SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.spnetctg.com > fetchmail : Query status = 10 > > please help me how can I solve this problem. I think that the problem is not with fetchmail: fetchmail get's you mail from the POP server, but fails to deliver it to your local MTA (sendmail/exim/postfix/qmail/whatever). I had this problem before... I had to remove a smtpd package (IIRC) and change a thing in sendmail configuration... I know this isn't much help, but at least you know where the problem is (if I'm right, that is :) ). yours, fsm -- Frederico Serrano Muñoz GNU: http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian: http://www.debian.org SDF - Public Access Unix Systems - http://sdf.lonestar.org
Re: Fetchmail problem: long pauses
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 09:44:35AM +0100, Anthony Campbell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > In the last few days I have a problem with fetchmail. It has slowed down > dramatically. > > At each ISP mailserver I connect to the following happens: > > Fetchmail starts to read the first message and says it is rewriting > various addresses. It then hang for about 3 minutes before starting to > collect all the mail. This goes normally but the same thing happens at > the next ISP. > > Using the -vv switch doesn't show any errors. > > I think something must be misconfigured but what? I don't remember > changing anything. Network related 3-5 minute hangs tend to make me suspect DNS issues. Anything in your system logs? -- Karsten M. Self http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc.http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 pgpbc56DQXGQy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fetchmail problem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just recently installed 2.1. Standalone box with dialout ppp net > connection. Running fetchmail and sendmail. > > The .fetchmailrc file says 'set daemon 600' but the daemon keeps dying on > me so I have to manually do it over and over. > > I have used fetchmail on my previous system (SuSE) and have not > encountered this before. > > I tried 'fetchmail -N &' (following some esr open-source advice) at the > command line but it fares no better. > > Anyone have any idea what might be going on here? > > Thanks. > > Phil Have you tried 'fetchmail -av' from the command line? kent
Re: fetchmail problem
*- On 8 Jan, Timothy Bedding wrote about "fetchmail problem" > Thanks for all the help, people. > > Your advice about how to fix the clock problem was spot > on. > > > Now, another query. > > If I do a fetchmail and it reports, say, 30 mails, sometimes > these mails can be transfered to my spool file in batches. > So, I get the first ten and then I have to wait a few minutes > for the next ten. > > I guess that there must be an explicit delay somewhere. > Does anyone know where this delay might be? > This is your MTA doing this. Most MTA's don't like getting flooded with requests to send packages since it can cause a spike in cpu load and system resources. So once a maximum limit has been reached it just queues them up until the next run of the queue. In exim, the default MTA for Debian, you can set the option smt_accept_queue_per_connection to 0 and it will process each mail as it comes in without waiting. The default is 10. Read the exim spec file for more info on this and other smtp_accept_* options. Brian Servis -- Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, jason and jill wrote: > I tried replacing smail with exim, and got same error message. One thing to try is to incluse localhost as one of your local domains. In eximconfig, answer 'localhost' in addition to any other addresses you may have in answer to the "Does this system have any other names which may appear on incoming mail messages..." If that doesn't help, i can compare your exim.conf if you wouldn't mind sending it.
Re: fetchmail problem
Here's what I'm using in .fetchmailrc (it works for me, at least): poll proto pop3 user password mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d%T" limit 20 I've also gotten it to work with /usr/bin/formail as MDA. exim and smail are MTAs, not MDAs. hth, Bob On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 04:22:52PM -0400, jason and jill wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > I had a similar problem with smail. I got around it by using specifying > > a MDA in .fetchmailrc. > > > > Bob > > > > I tried replacing smail with exim, and got same error message. > > Tried to designate exim as MDA in fetchmailrc and got: > > ..exim: neither action flags nor mail addresses given > ..fetchmail: terminated with signal 13 > Broken pipe > > Got pretty much the same thing last night when I tried designating smail > in .fetchmailrc. > > fetchmail worked fine until I went to 2.1, dpkg'ed in the 2.0 versions > of fetchmail and smail, same error messages. > > There must have been something outside of fetchmail and smail which got > modofied, choking fetchmail, just wish I knew what the s_it it is. > > Jason > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I had a similar problem with smail. I got around it by using specifying > a MDA in .fetchmailrc. > > Bob > I tried replacing smail with exim, and got same error message. Tried to designate exim as MDA in fetchmailrc and got: ..exim: neither action flags nor mail addresses given ..fetchmail: terminated with signal 13 Broken pipe Got pretty much the same thing last night when I tried designating smail in .fetchmailrc. fetchmail worked fine until I went to 2.1, dpkg'ed in the 2.0 versions of fetchmail and smail, same error messages. There must have been something outside of fetchmail and smail which got modofied, choking fetchmail, just wish I knew what the s_it it is. Jason
Re: fetchmail problem
I had a similar problem with smail. I got around it by using specifying
a MDA in .fetchmailrc.
Bob
On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 08:06:52AM -0400, Jason Greshes wrote:
>
> Hoping someone might know the answer to this...
>
> Last week I upgraded my 2.0 debian system up to 2.1. fetchmail is now
> barfing. The output I get is:
>
> X message(s) for jgreshes at pop3.netaxs.com (X octets)
> reading message 1 of X (X octets) fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like
> recipient address '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> fetchmail: can't even send to jgreshes!
> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop3.netaxs.com
> fetchamil: Query status=10
>
> where X is whatever number of messages and octets apply at the moment.
>
> /var/log/smail/logfile reads:
>
> 06/18/1999 00:38:19: [m10uqPz-001r5JC] Received FROM:root PROGRAM:sendmail
> SIZE:280
> 06/18/1999 00:38:19: [m10uqPz-001r5JC] Delivered TO:jgreshes
> ORIG-TO:postmaster DIRECTOR:user TRANSPORT:local
> 06/18/1999 00:38:19: [m10uqPz-001r5JC] Completed.
> 06/18/1999 00:40:42: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'localhost': from
> localhost(localhost) source [127.0.0.1]: hostname must contain a '.'.
> 06/18/1999 00:40:43: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:40:43: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:42:32: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'localhost': from
> localhost(localhost) source [127.0.0.1]: hostname must contain a '.'.
> 06/18/1999 00:42:32: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:42:32: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:53:17: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'localhost': from
> localhost(localhost) source [127.0.0.1]: hostname must contain a '.'.
> 06/18/1999 00:53:17: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:53:17: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:54:26: remote EHLO: questionable operand: 'localhost': from
> localhost(localhost) source [127.0.0.1]: hostname must contain a '.'.
> 06/18/1999 00:54:26: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
> 06/18/1999 00:54:27: remote localhost[127.0.0.1]: '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> recipient for sender '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' not matched by
> anything!
>
> my /etc/smail/config file is factory direct, without modifications:
>
> # This is the main Smail configuration file.
> # It was originally generated by `smailconfig', part of the Smail package
> # distributed with Debian, but it may edited by the mail system administrator.
> # It was originally generated by smailconfig at Wed Jul 1 23:12:12 EDT 1998
> # Please modify the above line, if you change this file by hand.
> # See smailconf(5) for details of the things that can be configured here.
>
>
> visible_name=netaxs.com
> -domains
> hostnames=netaxs.com
>
> max_load_ave=5
> smtp_accept_max=20
> smtp_accept_queue=10
> rfc1413_query_timeout=15
>
> require_configs
> -second_config_file
> -qualify_file
> -retry_file
> copying_file=/usr/doc/smail/copyright
> max_message_size=10M
>
> received_field="Received: \
> ${if def:sender_host\
>{from $sender_host ${if def:sender_host_addr ([$sender_host_addr]) }}\
>{${if def:sender_host_addr:from [$sender_host_addr] }}}\
> by $primary_name\n\t\
> ${if def:sender_proto: with $sender_proto }\
> ${if def:ident_sender:(ident $ident_sender using $ident_method) }\
> id $message_id\n\t\
> (Debian $version_string); $spool_date"
> # Debian Config Version 2.1
> # --Begin---
> # You really should know what you do here!
> #WARNING: You will have to add a correct local definition for
> #smtp_remote_allow if you have many local networks, or unset it
> #if you wish to disable this feature (default).
> #WARNING: The current implementation of this feature blocks
> #relay from incoming SMTP to *any* outgoing transport. This
> #means that even UUCP gateways require explicit permission if
> #this feature is enabled.
> # it's off by default, so all hosts can relay mails over this host.
> # example to switch it on, and allow relay from localnet hosts:
> # normally it's not wrong to turn this on ...
> #smtp_remote_allow=localnet
>
> # This flag tells smail to verify the hostnames
Re: fetchmail problem
I just added "sleep 15s" to my /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/local just above the line that calls fetchmail and it looks as though perhaps that did the trick. I did grab mail that time. -- Andrew
Re: fetchmail problem
On 21-Feb-99 Pollywog wrote: >> (-rwxr-xr-x) And (just to ask the obvious) is the command actually >> pointing to fetchmail (debian places it in /usr/bin/). Apart from this I >> can't think of any reason why it won't work, as it works just fine for me. >> This is what my .fetchmailrc looks like (owned by root): > Very odd, but I have tried this, and the only way I can get mail immediately on connect is if I enter 'fetchmail' either as root or as another user. -- Andrew
Re: fetchmail problem
On 21-Feb-99 Dave Swegen wrote: > In debian you are supposed to put scripts which you want run when > connecting in '/etc/ppp/ip-up.d'. Also, make sure the permssions are correct > (-rwxr-xr-x) And (just to ask the obvious) is the command actually > pointing to fetchmail (debian places it in /usr/bin/). Apart from this I > can't think of any reason why it won't work, as it works just fine for me. > This is what my .fetchmailrc looks like (owned by root): > > -- > poll pop.prestel.co.uk with proto pop3 > user there has password > is dave here > postconnect /usr/bin/runq > -- > > And the relevant lines from the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/local script look like > this: > > --- >#!/bin/sh > fetchmail# <-Just to make sure the mail is fetched immediatly on > fetchmail -d 180 # later connects. > --- I did the same thing but I am not certain I put that in ip-up.d since all other attempts in ip-up.d failed. I will try againby moving the script from ip-up to ip-up.d BTW I did use the correct path thanks -- Andrew
Re: fetchmail problem
In debian you are supposed to put scripts which you want run when connecting in '/etc/ppp/ip-up.d'. Also, make sure the permssions are correct (-rwxr-xr-x) And (just to ask the obvious) is the command actually pointing to fetchmail (debian places it in /usr/bin/). Apart from this I can't think of any reason why it won't work, as it works just fine for me. This is what my .fetchmailrc looks like (owned by root): -- poll pop.prestel.co.uk with proto pop3 user there has password is dave here postconnect /usr/bin/runq -- And the relevant lines from the /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/local script look like this: --- #!/bin/sh fetchmail# <-Just to make sure the mail is fetched immediatly on fetchmail -d 180 # later connects. --- HTH. Cheers Dave On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 03:06 -, Pollywog wrote: > I am having a problem with Fetchmail. I can get mail if I connect to the > Internet and then use the command 'fetchmail', but when I was using OpenLinux, > I just put: > > /usr/local/bin/fetchmail -d 600 > > in my /etc/ppp/ip-up and I could get my mail whenever I went online with > diald. > > I am unable to do that now and need to enter the command manually. > Is there a way to do in Debian what I did in OpenLinux? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > -- Dave Swegen | Debian 2.0 on Linux i386 2.2.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | PGP key available on request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation --
Re: fetchmail problem
Andrew, I believe you can put set daemon 600 in your .fetchmailrc, and it will do the same thing. Chris Pollywog wrote: > > I am having a problem with Fetchmail. I can get mail if I connect to the > Internet and then use the command 'fetchmail', but when I was using OpenLinux, > I just put: > > /usr/local/bin/fetchmail -d 600 > > in my /etc/ppp/ip-up and I could get my mail whenever I went online with > diald. > > I am unable to do that now and need to enter the command manually. > Is there a way to do in Debian what I did in OpenLinux? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: fetchmail problem
Andreas Rapp wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using fetchmail to collect the eMail for our domain, > occasionally I get an error message from cron Daemon: > "another foreground fetchmail is running" and have > to kill fetchmail manually. > > Any Idea ? Another copy hasn't finished running. Use fetchmail in deamon mode instead of starting it in cron.
Re: fetchmail problem
On 8 Dec, Jiri Baum wrote: > That sounds like you are running it in daemon mode, I'd forgotten about daemon mode. I used to use it, but then it crashed for some reason, so I decided to just run it from crontab instead. Is daemon mode much better? Should I switch back to daemon mode, do you think? -- Graham Ashton
Re: fetchmail problem
Hello, > I ran the command fetchmail, but nothing happened. I have a simple > .fetchmailrc in home directory and it worked before... Just a thought - are you running it from the same account? > I also tried fetchmail -L logfile... > > and the only line in logfile is: > fetchmail: starting fetchmail 4.3.9 daemon That sounds like you are running it in daemon mode, in which case nothing visible is supposed to happen. In that case, it would just be quietly checking for mail in the background. Check out "DAEMON MODE" in the man page. This could be provoked by a "-d" or "--daemon" command-line switch (check also the aliases in your shell), or by an option "set daemon " in your .fetchmailrc While it should still write messages to the logfile, it may be easier to debug the thing in the foreground where you can see it... Any of this any help? Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: fetchmail problem
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Nuno Carvalho wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote:
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> > It seemed to me that fetchmail is noting doing anything...
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> What do you get when running fetchmail on verbose mode(fetchmail -v)!?
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Re: fetchmail problem
On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote: > It seemed to me that fetchmail is noting doing anything... What do you get when running fetchmail on verbose mode(fetchmail -v)!? Best regards, Nuno Carvalho ?? Nuno Emanuel F. Carvalho Dep. Informatics Engineering University of Coimbra PGP key available at finger ??
Re: FetchMail problem
On Tue, 14 Jul 1998, Randy Edwards wrote: > The problem I get is that my user mail for local username "redwards" > is put into root's mailbox. In my above-mentioned /etc/fetchmailrc I > have the following entry: try chowning thge script to the redwards user :) Nikolai -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Re: FetchMail Problem
Kevin Traas wrote: > I've searched through the FetchMail docs and I've only come up more unsure > and, possibly, confused than I was before. I'm hoping you can help. > > I have a multi-drop mailbox at my ISP that I pull mail from. We have about > 30 users on this end that mail from this box gets distrubuted to. > > Right now, I'm having problems with any mail that gets sent to multiple > local recipients because the "X-Envelope-To" address contains the multi-drop > mailbox address and not the names of the intended recipients. (Strangely > enough, my ISP (running Exim 1.73) formats "X-Envelope-To:" properly when > there's only one recipient) > > So, my questions are: > > 1. Can I have FetchMail look at "To:" to determine recipients rather than > "X-Envelope-To"? (i.e. using "envelope" keyword) My reason for this > question is that the "To" header may/will have addresses that are not local > to my domain. Will FetchMail try to redirect mail to these non-local > addresses as well? i.e. how can I have it only process the local domain? You can use the address in the To: header. If the address isn't local, the mail will go to the user running fetchmail. > 2. The newer versions of Exim (>1.80) will allow multiple addresses on the > "X-Envelope-To". Will FetchMail be able to handle multiple addresses in one > header? (Of course, the answer to this one will determine whether 1) above > works...) I don't know. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: FetchMail Problem
Kevin Traas wrote: > > 1. Can I have FetchMail look at "To:" to determine recipients rather than > "X-Envelope-To"? (i.e. using "envelope" keyword) My reason for this > question is that the "To" header may/will have addresses that are not local > to my domain. Will FetchMail try to redirect mail to these non-local > addresses as well? i.e. how can I have it only process the local domain? You really can't do that either, because the recipient may be Cc:'d or Bcc:'d - and you wont see any of the Bcc:'d recipients. At least it doesn't seem to be a solution to your problem, regardless of FetchMails behaviour regarding non-local addresses. -Rob -- Rob RiggsDevil's Thumb Entertainment Network AdministratorBoulder, CO - (303) 938-1200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.DevilsThumb.COM/~rob "The notion of errors is ill-defined." - IRIX 'netstat' man page -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem
Pann McCuaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > After years of reading my mail with pine from a shell on my ISP's > machine, I've got a fetchmail/mutt/smail setup running here (on a bo > installation). > > Sometimes when I connect to my ISP and run fetchmail, everything > appears to be normal, but the downloaded messages are _NOT_ appended > to my mail spool, and, fortunately, they are also not deleted from > the mail spool on the ISP. > > I see no error messages, no log file is created, and I haven't a > clue. > > Thanks to this list there is always mail sitting at the ISP, so I > can run lots of tests if someone can give me some direction. TIA Did you already try the -v (verbose) option of fetchmail? The described behaviour usually happens if the connection was unnormally terminated. fetchmail should report an error message even without -v (I hope you didn't use the -s flag) but it might give some hints what happens here. Torsten -- I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere. Fortune Cookie PGP Public key available -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Pann McCuaig wrote: > Sometimes when I connect to my ISP and run fetchmail, everything appears to > be normal, but the downloaded messages are _NOT_ appended to my mail spool, > and, fortunately, they are also not deleted from the mail spool on the ISP. > > I see no error messages, no log file is created, and I haven't a clue. > 1. run fetchmail as fetchmail -v . This will give you show you what fetchmail is actually doing. 2. fetchmail uses your local MTA (smail, sendmail, whatever), so check its logfiles. If you use smail they are in /var/log/smail Also check /var/spool/smail/error /var/spool/smail/input and /var/spool/smail/msglog for any clues. Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Pann McCuaig wrote: > After years of reading my mail with pine from a shell on my ISP's machine, > I've got a fetchmail/mutt/smail setup running here (on a bo installation). > > Sometimes when I connect to my ISP and run fetchmail, everything appears to > be normal, but the downloaded messages are _NOT_ appended to my mail spool, > and, fortunately, they are also not deleted from the mail spool on the ISP. I've seen this too. It's a feature of fetchmail. By default it leaves mail that has been "read but not deleted". This happens if I run pine in my account at the ISP. Mail that was in the mailbox when pine was run is not later fetched by fetchmail. It's all in the fetchmail man page. See the section "RETRIEVAL FAILURE MODES" and elsewhere. You need to add the -all option. ...RickM... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem
On Sun, Nov 30, 1997 at 10:19:33AM -0800, Pann McCuaig wrote: > After years of reading my mail with pine from a shell on my ISP's machine, > I've got a fetchmail/mutt/smail setup running here (on a bo installation). > > Sometimes when I connect to my ISP and run fetchmail, everything appears to > be normal, but the downloaded messages are _NOT_ appended to my mail spool, > and, fortunately, they are also not deleted from the mail spool on the ISP. > > I see no error messages, no log file is created, and I haven't a clue. If your fetchmail is passing messages to smail via port 25, try adding a -S your.linux.box option. (see manpage for details) -- Dimitri emaziuk at curtin dot edu dot au Objects in the mirror appear further then they are (etched on a rear view mirror of a Mitsubishi Mirage) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> Well as you can see - that fixes it :-) Where is the %b bit documented,
In the changelog, I saw:
- [patch-0.76.ld.locales.1] changed date handling in _mutt_make_string() to
use %{...} and %[...] as escapes to strftime() for UTC and local time,
respectively. Also adds the $locale variable to set the time format.
[Liviu]
So man strftime and:
%b The abbreviated month name according to the current
locale.
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On Jul 28, Joey Hess wrote
> I think you need to replace "%M %N" with "%{%b %d}" and it'll work as you
> expected. At least, I had to make this change to my hdr_format. I don't
> include the date in my attributions, but I expect that uses the same escape
> sequences.
Well as you can see - that fixes it :-) Where is the %b bit documented,
I searched the entire documentation and manpage, but the only reference I
saw was in Pine.rc:
# PINE has different defaults for this variables
set hdr_format="%Z %3C %{%b %d} %-19.19L (%5c) %s"
One thing I don't like about mutt is it's poor documenation (it's mostly
there, just a bit incomplete and/or out-of-date or conflicting).
Thanks again
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On Jul 28, Adrian Bridgett wrote
> On Jul 28, Joey Hess wrote
>
> > I think you need to replace "%M %N" with "%{%b %d}" and it'll work as you
> > expected. At least, I had to make this change to my hdr_format. I don't
> > include the date in my attributions, but I expect that uses the same escape
> > sequences.
>
> Well as you can see - that fixes it :-) Where is the %b bit documented,
> I searched the entire documentation and manpage, but the only reference I
> saw was in Pine.rc:
Well to answer my own question, it is in the strftime manpage and is
stated in the mutt manual. BTW my above comments about the state of the
manual is from when I first installed mutt (about 0.73 I think).
Adrian
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Re: fetchmail problem?
Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On %M %N, Tim Sailer wrote
> > In your email to me, Adrian Bridgett, you wrote:
> > >
> > > On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote
> > ^
> >
> > I bet you are using mutt out of hamm, right? This seems to be a bug..
>
> Yep - version 0.79-1. I'd noticed it before, but hadn't got round to
> investigating. I'm sure it used to work, but I'm not sure quite when it
> broke - quite a while ago I think. Thanks for the post - it always nice
> when you know it's not something you've messed up!
I think you need to replace "%M %N" with "%{%b %d}" and it'll work as you
expected. At least, I had to make this change to my hdr_format. I don't
include the date in my attributions, but I expect that uses the same escape
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Re: fetchmail problem?
Hi!
On 07/28/97, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On %M %N, Tim Sailer wrote
> > > On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote
>
> Yep - version 0.79-1. I'd noticed it before, but hadn't got round to
> investigating. I'm sure it used to work, but I'm not sure quite when it
I just had to deal with the same problem. One reason mutt is in unstable is
that the config syntax alway changes. There is a completely new approach in
mutt 0.79 to date and time format: for example, my config looks like this:
set attribution="On %{!%x}, %n wrote:"
Check out manual.txt in /usr/doc/mutt, it is explained there.
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Re: fetchmail problem?
On %M %N, Tim Sailer wrote > In your email to me, Adrian Bridgett, you wrote: > > > > On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote > ^ > > I bet you are using mutt out of hamm, right? This seems to be a bug.. Yep - version 0.79-1. I'd noticed it before, but hadn't got round to investigating. I'm sure it used to work, but I'm not sure quite when it broke - quite a while ago I think. Thanks for the post - it always nice when you know it's not something you've messed up! Adrian -- .signature in post -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem? now fixed!!!
> Eureka !!! I used your .fetchmailrc format and this did the trick. I still > have not figured out why I cant post to the local SMPT connection (still same > error message) but can into exim. Another of lifes mysteries. I should look > into this. Anyone have any clues? > > Many thanks to all who so kindly responded: Alex, Bob, Lindsay, Martin and > Tim > et al. > > Here is the .fetchmail rc that worked for me: > > poll milo.cfw.com > proto pop3 > user vtorrico > password *** > # keep > fetchall > mda "exim -bm %s" I haven't been following this thread too thoroughly, but a while back I had a similar problem with fetchmail and an SMTP error. The solution to my problem was to use fetchmail's "smtphost" option. Paul Serice -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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Adrian Bridgett wrote: > On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote > > Hello all, > > > Am using fetchmail to move mail from my ISP's POP3 server to my > > machine. Cannot move POP3 mail, using fetchmail, from the ISP server > > to my client machine. Here's the error message when executing the > > fetchmail command in an xterm either as a user or root: > > > > [snip -all seems fine] > > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2857 octets > > reading message 1 (2857 bytes) > > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error > > 18446744073709551615 > > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > > fetchmail: POP3< -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com: > > Unknown error 18446744073709551615 > > fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 > > vtorrico$ > > Have you made sure that "localhost" is allowed to post to your machine? > Also check that the recipient is qualified. In fact here is a bit of my > /etc/exim.conf file - it might not be right but at least it works :) > > qualify_domain = wyvern > qualify_recipient = wyvern > local_domains = wyvern:localhost > > and here is what I currently use in my .fetchmailrc (I call fetchmail > with no arguments). My POP3 name is "adrian.bridgett" and my local login > name is "apb25". > > poll mail.zetnet.co.uk > proto pop3 > user adrian.bridgett is [EMAIL PROTECTED] here > password *** > # keep > fetchall > mda "exim -bm %s " > > This posts directly to exim, and does not post to the local SMTP > connection. > > Adrian > -- > .signature in post Eureka !!! I used your .fetchmailrc format and this did the trick. I still have not figured out why I cant post to the local SMPT connection (still same error message) but can into exim. Another of lifes mysteries. I should look into this. Anyone have any clues? Many thanks to all who so kindly responded: Alex, Bob, Lindsay, Martin and Tim et al. Here is the .fetchmail rc that worked for me: poll milo.cfw.com proto pop3 user vtorrico password *** # keep fetchall mda "exim -bm %s" Regards, Victor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: [snip] > vtorrico$ fetchmail -v -u vtorrico -a -p pop3 milo.cfw.com > Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > fetchmail: 3.9.6 querying milo.cfw.com (protocol POP3) at Sun Jul 27 > 06:51:48 1997 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK QUALCOMM Pop server derived from UCB (version > 2.1.4-R3) at milo.cfw.com starting. > fetchmail: POP3> USER vtorrico > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for vtorrico. > fetchmail: POP3> PASS * > fetchmail: POP3< +OK vtorrico has 14 message(s) (29276 octets). > fetchmail: selecting default folder > fetchmail: POP3> STAT > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 14 29276 > fetchmail: 14 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2857 octets > reading message 1 (2857 bytes) > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error > 18446744073709551615 > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > fetchmail: POP3< -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com: > Unknown error 18446744073709551615 > fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 > vtorrico$ The way I read it fetchmail is working fine as is your IPS's POP3 daemon. The problem is with SMTP at your end. Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd What happens when you telnet to localhost 25? Check that localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1. HTH Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486modem +61 8 9364-9832 32S, 116E =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote > Hello all, > Am using fetchmail to move mail from my ISP's POP3 server to my > machine. Cannot move POP3 mail, using fetchmail, from the ISP server > to my client machine. Here's the error message when executing the > fetchmail command in an xterm either as a user or root: > [snip -all seems fine] > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2857 octets > reading message 1 (2857 bytes) > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error > 18446744073709551615 > fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > fetchmail: POP3< -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com: > Unknown error 18446744073709551615 > fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 > vtorrico$ Have you made sure that "localhost" is allowed to post to your machine? Also check that the recipient is qualified. In fact here is a bit of my /etc/exim.conf file - it might not be right but at least it works :) qualify_domain = wyvern qualify_recipient = wyvern local_domains = wyvern:localhost and here is what I currently use in my .fetchmailrc (I call fetchmail with no arguments). My POP3 name is "adrian.bridgett" and my local login name is "apb25". poll mail.zetnet.co.uk proto pop3 user adrian.bridgett is [EMAIL PROTECTED] here password *** # keep fetchall mda "exim -bm %s " This posts directly to exim, and does not post to the local SMTP connection. Adrian -- .signature in post -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 27 Jul, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > > On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > > > >> reading message 1 (2857 bytes) > >> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error > >> 18446744073709551615 > >> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT > >> fetchmail: POP3< -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com: > >> Unknown error 18446744073709551615 > >> fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 > >> vtorrico$ > > > > The way I read it fetchmail is working fine as is your IPS's POP3 > > daemon. The problem is with SMTP at your end. > > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd > > > > What happens when you telnet to localhost 25? > > > > Check that localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1. > > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. The solution was to enter -S localhost as a > additional option to fetchmail. > > I can telnet localhost 25 fine and type in a mail manualy and I can > resolve localhost. So I don't know why this doesn't work without -S > localhost. > > However, it works, so I am happy with it :-) I had a similar problem and was advised to add a mda entry to .fetchmailrc, which works: mda "formail -s procmail" After reading the previous response, I noticed that my /etc/inetd.conf did NOT have smtp defined. Adding that also fixes the problem for me (without the need for the mda line). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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Lindsay Allen wrote: > On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > > > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd > /usr/sbin/in.smtpd > > [snip] > > > After reading the previous response, I noticed that my /etc/inetd.conf > > did NOT have smtp defined. Adding that also fixes the problem for me > > (without the need for the mda line). > > There is/was a rogue package in the system which obliterates inetd.conf in > the process of changing it. This happened to me and I know of other > cases, but I have not been able to track down the cause. > > So have a look at your file - if it is but a few lines long you have the > same problem. If indeed this is the case will you please send me a copy > before you fix it? > > Lindsay There are 56 lines in my inetd.conf file. The smtp line was inserted by the exim installation and reads as follows: /snip/ #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs /snip/ Do I also need another smpt line entry in this file? As an example: smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd Victor -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
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On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: [snip] > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd [snip] > After reading the previous response, I noticed that my /etc/inetd.conf > did NOT have smtp defined. Adding that also fixes the problem for me > (without the need for the mda line). There is/was a rogue package in the system which obliterates inetd.conf in the process of changing it. This happened to me and I know of other cases, but I have not been able to track down the cause. So have a look at your file - if it is but a few lines long you have the same problem. If indeed this is the case will you please send me a copy before you fix it? Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486modem +61 8 9364-9832 32S, 116E =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On 27 Jul, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > >> reading message 1 (2857 bytes) >> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error >> 18446744073709551615 >> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT >> fetchmail: POP3< -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com: >> Unknown error 18446744073709551615 >> fetchmail: normal termination, status 9 >> vtorrico$ > > The way I read it fetchmail is working fine as is your IPS's POP3 > daemon. The problem is with SMTP at your end. > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd > > What happens when you telnet to localhost 25? > > Check that localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1. > Hi, I had the same problem. The solution was to enter -S localhost as a additional option to fetchmail. I can telnet localhost 25 fine and type in a mail manualy and I can resolve localhost. So I don't know why this doesn't work without -S localhost. However, it works, so I am happy with it :-) Ciao, Martin -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
In your email to me, Adrian Bridgett, you wrote: > > On %M %N, Victor Torrico wrote ^ I bet you are using mutt out of hamm, right? This seems to be a bug.. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "Management decisions have no effect on the laws of physics." -- anon ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > > > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd > > > > /usr/sbin/in.smtpd > > [snip] > > > After reading the previous response, I noticed that my /etc/inetd.conf > > did NOT have smtp defined. Adding that also fixes the problem for me > > (without the need for the mda line). > > There is/was a rogue package in the system which obliterates inetd.conf in > the process of changing it. This happened to me and I know of other > cases, but I have not been able to track down the cause. > > So have a look at your file - if it is but a few lines long you have the > same problem. If indeed this is the case will you please send me a copy > before you fix it? No, it was approx. 34 lines long, but the smtp line was missing (it's there on my other computer, also running 3.1). Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AX.25:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem?
On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote: > Lindsay Allen wrote: > > > On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:- > > > > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd > > /usr/sbin/in.smtpd > > > > [snip] > > > > > After reading the previous response, I noticed that my /etc/inetd.conf > > > did NOT have smtp defined. Adding that also fixes the problem for me > > > (without the need for the mda line). > > > > There is/was a rogue package in the system which obliterates inetd.conf in > > the process of changing it. This happened to me and I know of other > > cases, but I have not been able to track down the cause. > > > > So have a look at your file - if it is but a few lines long you have the > > same problem. If indeed this is the case will you please send me a copy > > before you fix it? > > > > Lindsay > > There are 56 lines in my inetd.conf file. The smtp line was inserted by the > exim installation and reads as follows: > > /snip/ > #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. > smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs > /snip/ > > Do I also need another smpt line entry in this file? As an example: > > smtpstream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd My inetd.conf is 67 lines, but that is most likely because I have installed other packages. Not running exim here, but dpkg says of exim:- Description: Exim Mailer This MTA is rather easier to configure than smail or sendmail. It is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp. Advanced features include the ability to reject connections from known spam sites, and an extremely efficient queue processing algorithm. Exim replaces smail and in.smtp is only a link to smail, so your inetd.conf is fine as it is. Lindsay =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Perth, Western Australia voice +61 8 9316 2486modem +61 8 9364-9832 32S, 116E =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem ...
On Sun, 29 Jun 1997, Lamar Folsom wrote: > > # fetchmail control file > # > > POP3 I change my pop3: to POP3 (no colon) and it works fine now. Thanks. The ":" came from the fetchmail man page and I wasn't really clear on if/where it should get used. I'd still rather just dump it to STDOUT. Maybe I'll try an mda definitiopn of "/bin/cat >>/home/mydir/%s" and see if it works. Thanks -- Richard G. Roberto -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem ...
> "Richard" == Richard G Roberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Richard> I've tried the two following fetchmailrc files: [] I do a similar thing; but in the ipup script, I do: (su - karlheg -c /usr/bin/fetchmail)& ... and in "~/.fetchmailrc", I have: poll mail.inetarena.com # interface "ppp0/206.129.216.38" # monitor ppp0 protocol pop3 username MYNAME password MYPASSWD mda "formail -s procmail" It works very well. I've got a "~/.procmailrc" that tosses my mail into several inboxes, which I read with Gnus inside XEmacs-20. -- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl M. Hegbloom) http://www.inetarena.com/~karlheg Portland, OR USA Debian GNU 1.3 Linux 2.1.36 AMD K5 PR-133 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: fetchmail problem ...
> fetchmail gets called out of ipup as root: > fetchmail -v -k 2>&1 >/tmp/pop.out > which does seem to read the mailbox correctly, exits with a zero return > code, but never delivers mail!! Furthermore, I can't seem to get any > output from deliver. You must give fetchmail a "-m" option to tell it to deliver to an mda instead of to port 25. Fetchmail is not a direct replacement for popclient. John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
