Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Glyn Millington wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 01:43:23PM -0400, thus spake ~*Mark*~: > > Glyn Millington wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 09:24:44AM -0400, thus spake ~*Mark*~: > > > > > > > > I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed > > > > open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really > > > > came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. > > > > -- > > > > Mark > > > > > > Hi, Mark. > > > > > > I wonder where the problem really is here! > > > > > > Just in case, check port 25 and sendmail > > > Try > > > > > > telnet localhost (or whatever your hostname) 25 > > > > > > If you get a response type in > > > > > > HELO localhost > > > > > > You should get a cheery "pleased to meet you message" from > > > sendmail. If not there is something wrong with sendmail, or your > > > firewall will not even let YOU in. > > > > > > -- > > > Like this:- > > > > > > [glyn@glyn-thebearded glyn]$ telnet glyn-thebearded 25 > > > Trying 10.12.11.26... > > > Connected to glyn-thebearded.localdomain. > > > Escape character is '^]'. > > > 220 glyn-thebearded.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 >16:32:40 +0100 > > > HELO glyn-thebearded > > > 250 glyn-thebearded.localdomain Hello glyn-thebearded.localdomain [10.12.11.26], >pleased to meet you > > > --- > > > > > > Is fetchmail bringing down the mail anywhere? > > > > > > set syslog > > > > > > in your .fetchmailrc will send out put to maillog - you might > > > then get some indication of where the mail IS going. > > > > > > --- > > > > > > If that doesn't shed any light could you let us have a look at > > > your fetchmailrc and a few chunks from maillog? > > > > > > Good luck? > > > > > > Glyn M > > > > > > -- > > >** > > >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * > > >* Douglas Hoftstatder* > > >** > > > > On second thought I followed your example to the letter this time. > > > > I typed: telnet localhost.localdomain 25 > > > > the resonse was: Trying 192.168.99.1... > > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: no route to > host > > > > Now I'm REALLY stumped. > > -- > > Mark > > Me too! Sorry - I came in on this thread half way through so am > not quite sure where you started from. > > The telnet response above might indicate > > 1. That port 25 IS closed by the firewall even though you think > it isn't. Did it work BEFORE you set up pmfirewall?? Have you the > patience to remove the firewall and try again? > > 2. Maybe even that sendmail isn't there at all. Is that > possible? > > rpm -q sendmail will tell you if it is there or not > > like this - > > [root@glyn-thebearded glyn]# rpm -q sendmail > sendmail-8.9.3-18mdk > [root@glyn-thebearded glyn]# > > the reponse tells what the package is. > > ps ax will tell you whether sendmail is running at the moment and > on which port > > Let me know what you get! > > HTH > > Glyn M > > -- >** >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * >* Douglas Hoftstatder* >** Glyn, Now I'm real stumped cause I uninstalled the firewall and it didn't make a bit of difference. Sendmail is still causing a problem. Fetchmail experiences a transaction error trying to bring down the mail from the mailserver on the ISP and then get's a connection error talking to localhost. I'm really at the end and don't have any idea where to do next. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Glyn Millington wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 09:24:44AM -0400, thus spake ~*Mark*~: > > > > I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed > > open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really > > came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. > > -- > > Mark > > Hi, Mark. > > I wonder where the problem really is here! > > Just in case, check port 25 and sendmail > Try > > telnet localhost (or whatever your hostname) 25 > > If you get a response type in > > HELO localhost > > You should get a cheery "pleased to meet you message" from > sendmail. If not there is something wrong with sendmail, or your > firewall will not even let YOU in. > > -- > Like this:- > > [glyn@glyn-thebearded glyn]$ telnet glyn-thebearded 25 > Trying 10.12.11.26... > Connected to glyn-thebearded.localdomain. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 glyn-thebearded.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 >16:32:40 +0100 > HELO glyn-thebearded > 250 glyn-thebearded.localdomain Hello glyn-thebearded.localdomain [10.12.11.26], >pleased to meet you > --- > > Is fetchmail bringing down the mail anywhere? > > set syslog > > in your .fetchmailrc will send out put to maillog - you might > then get some indication of where the mail IS going. > > --- > > If that doesn't shed any light could you let us have a look at > your fetchmailrc and a few chunks from maillog? > > Good luck? > > Glyn M > > -- >** >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * >* Douglas Hoftstatder* >** On second thought I followed your example to the letter this time. I typed:telnet localhost.localdomain 25 the resonse was:Trying 192.168.99.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: no route to host Now I'm REALLY stumped. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Glyn Millington wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 09:24:44AM -0400, thus spake ~*Mark*~: > > > > I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed > > open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really > > came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. > > -- > > Mark > > Hi, Mark. > > I wonder where the problem really is here! > > Just in case, check port 25 and sendmail > Try > > telnet localhost (or whatever your hostname) 25 > > If you get a response type in > > HELO localhost > > You should get a cheery "pleased to meet you message" from > sendmail. If not there is something wrong with sendmail, or your > firewall will not even let YOU in. > > -- > Like this:- > > [glyn@glyn-thebearded glyn]$ telnet glyn-thebearded 25 > Trying 10.12.11.26... > Connected to glyn-thebearded.localdomain. > Escape character is '^]'. > 220 glyn-thebearded.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 >16:32:40 +0100 > HELO glyn-thebearded > 250 glyn-thebearded.localdomain Hello glyn-thebearded.localdomain [10.12.11.26], >pleased to meet you > --- > > Is fetchmail bringing down the mail anywhere? > > set syslog > > in your .fetchmailrc will send out put to maillog - you might > then get some indication of where the mail IS going. > > --- > > If that doesn't shed any light could you let us have a look at > your fetchmailrc and a few chunks from maillog? > > Good luck? > > Glyn M > > -- >** >* "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * >* Douglas Hoftstatder* >** Well, I tried telneting into myself and got in, but when I issue the HELO command it just comes back and says that's an unknown command. I have no idea whether sendmail is working or not. I do think however that that is where the problem is. What next? -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 09:24:44AM -0400, thus spake ~*Mark*~: > > I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed > open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really > came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. > -- > Mark Hi, Mark. I wonder where the problem really is here! Just in case, check port 25 and sendmail Try telnet localhost (or whatever your hostname) 25 If you get a response type in HELO localhost You should get a cheery "pleased to meet you message" from sendmail. If not there is something wrong with sendmail, or your firewall will not even let YOU in. -- Like this:- [glyn@glyn-thebearded glyn]$ telnet glyn-thebearded 25 Trying 10.12.11.26... Connected to glyn-thebearded.localdomain. Escape character is '^]'. 220 glyn-thebearded.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 25 Jun 2000 16:32:40 +0100 HELO glyn-thebearded 250 glyn-thebearded.localdomain Hello glyn-thebearded.localdomain [10.12.11.26], pleased to meet you --- Is fetchmail bringing down the mail anywhere? set syslog in your .fetchmailrc will send out put to maillog - you might then get some indication of where the mail IS going. --- If that doesn't shed any light could you let us have a look at your fetchmailrc and a few chunks from maillog? Good luck? Glyn M -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, ~*Mark*~ wrote: > I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed > open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really > came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. > try "telnet localhost 25", and see what happens. If you are explicitly ejected, then there is a problem with the server. Check that it is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, and that there is nothing wrong in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. If there is no response, maybe it just canot resolve "localhost" (that already happend once to me). In this case, check your /etc/hosts. Or try to "telnet your.local.ip.address 25" and see if it is better. HTH Flupke -- << There's no place like ~ ! >>
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
flupke wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, ~*Mark*~ wrote: > > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > > > > Well, I haven't had this problem myself (yet), but a few things to try > > > might be to check your system logs, in case fetchmail is really running > > > into the firewall, it may leave a trace in the logs. The only part of > > > fetchmail that I would think would have problems w/ a firewall would be > > > the last stage where it feeds it to the MTA (sendmail) on port 25. But > > > you said you left that open explicitly. The other thing to maybe try is > > > to run fetchmail w/ the ' -vvv' flag for extremely verbose reporting, and > > > see what it says. > > > > > > Monte > > > > > > -- > > > > > > __ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > Ok...I've done those checks and fetchmail is reporting that it cannot > > connect with localhost. It's communicating fine with the servers at my > > ISP and is able to bring down the mail, but it's failing to talk with my > > machine. > > > > I opened and edited pmfirewall.conf and added a line to the local.rules > > giving access to POP3 port 110 but that didn't make any difference > > either. Is there some way that I must configure sendmail to allow proper > > access? Should I set up a POP3 account here on my machine for fetchmail > > to talk to when it's pulling down the mail from my ISP? > > > > I'm perplexed about this cause when I was running Mandrake 7.0 all this > > worked just fine with no configuration. I didn't start experiencing > > trouble of any kind till the 7.1 upgrade, and subsequent firewall > > installation. I'm wondering now if it's the firewall or 7.1 that's > > causing the trouble. 7.1 can go, but the FW must remain. > > > > thanks, > > > > Mark > > Seems like you should open the smtp (25) port on your firewall. > Fetchmail transmits the mail from a remote pop3 server to a local smtp > server. > > HTH > Flupke > > -- > << There's no place like ~ ! >> I re-ran the install.sh and made sure that ports 25 and 110 are indeed open. FM is still not bringing down the mail for use in Pine. I really came to like that program! Wish I could get it running again. -- Mark I love my Linux Box! REASON #1 -- ...it's not Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, ~*Mark*~ wrote: > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > > Well, I haven't had this problem myself (yet), but a few things to try > > might be to check your system logs, in case fetchmail is really running > > into the firewall, it may leave a trace in the logs. The only part of > > fetchmail that I would think would have problems w/ a firewall would be > > the last stage where it feeds it to the MTA (sendmail) on port 25. But > > you said you left that open explicitly. The other thing to maybe try is > > to run fetchmail w/ the ' -vvv' flag for extremely verbose reporting, and > > see what it says. > > > > Monte > > > > -- > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > Ok...I've done those checks and fetchmail is reporting that it cannot > connect with localhost. It's communicating fine with the servers at my > ISP and is able to bring down the mail, but it's failing to talk with my > machine. > > I opened and edited pmfirewall.conf and added a line to the local.rules > giving access to POP3 port 110 but that didn't make any difference > either. Is there some way that I must configure sendmail to allow proper > access? Should I set up a POP3 account here on my machine for fetchmail > to talk to when it's pulling down the mail from my ISP? > > I'm perplexed about this cause when I was running Mandrake 7.0 all this > worked just fine with no configuration. I didn't start experiencing > trouble of any kind till the 7.1 upgrade, and subsequent firewall > installation. I'm wondering now if it's the firewall or 7.1 that's > causing the trouble. 7.1 can go, but the FW must remain. > > thanks, > > Mark Seems like you should open the smtp (25) port on your firewall. Fetchmail transmits the mail from a remote pop3 server to a local smtp server. HTH Flupke -- << There's no place like ~ ! >>
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I was wondering about something. Ever since I got my firewall up and > running fetchmail no longer works. It won't connect to my ISP's mail > server and bring down the mail. I like using Pine for mail, but I can't > now. I've left the SMPT port open so that I could use that port. Does > anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the matter? > > thanks in advance, > > Mark re -run PMFirewall's install.sh and this time leave 25 and 110 open. See if that fixes it -- ~~ Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Monte Milanuk wrote: > > Well, I haven't had this problem myself (yet), but a few things to try > might be to check your system logs, in case fetchmail is really running > into the firewall, it may leave a trace in the logs. The only part of > fetchmail that I would think would have problems w/ a firewall would be > the last stage where it feeds it to the MTA (sendmail) on port 25. But > you said you left that open explicitly. The other thing to maybe try is > to run fetchmail w/ the ' -vvv' flag for extremely verbose reporting, and > see what it says. > > Monte > > -- > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com Ok...I've done those checks and fetchmail is reporting that it cannot connect with localhost. It's communicating fine with the servers at my ISP and is able to bring down the mail, but it's failing to talk with my machine. I opened and edited pmfirewall.conf and added a line to the local.rules giving access to POP3 port 110 but that didn't make any difference either. Is there some way that I must configure sendmail to allow proper access? Should I set up a POP3 account here on my machine for fetchmail to talk to when it's pulling down the mail from my ISP? I'm perplexed about this cause when I was running Mandrake 7.0 all this worked just fine with no configuration. I didn't start experiencing trouble of any kind till the 7.1 upgrade, and subsequent firewall installation. I'm wondering now if it's the firewall or 7.1 that's causing the trouble. 7.1 can go, but the FW must remain. thanks, Mark
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, ~*Mark*~ wrote: >I was wondering about something. Ever since I got my firewall up and >running fetchmail no longer works. It won't connect to my ISP's mail >server and bring down the mail. I like using Pine for mail, but I can't >now. I've left the SMPT port open so that I could use that port. Does >anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the matter? Note that you need to have 2 ports open for mail: SMTP uses 25 and POP uses 110 Paul -- Rain and tears are the streams that wash away life's dirt... )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]])0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
Well, I haven't had this problem myself (yet), but a few things to try might be to check your system logs, in case fetchmail is really running into the firewall, it may leave a trace in the logs. The only part of fetchmail that I would think would have problems w/ a firewall would be the last stage where it feeds it to the MTA (sendmail) on port 25. But you said you left that open explicitly. The other thing to maybe try is to run fetchmail w/ the ' -vvv' flag for extremely verbose reporting, and see what it says. Monte -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Fetchamil is broken! :(
I was wondering about something. Ever since I got my firewall up and running fetchmail no longer works. It won't connect to my ISP's mail server and bring down the mail. I like using Pine for mail, but I can't now. I've left the SMPT port open so that I could use that port. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions on the matter? thanks in advance, Mark
