Thanks for the help with X: changing the permissions of /dev/null worked.
I hadn't had other problems with this, 'cos I'm wasn't using normal user
operation very much.
I've also been trying to get my mail through fetchmail + smail from a pop3
server. I type :
smail -bd
fetchmail -v -p POP3 -k -u username serviceprovider
and then enter my password: thydjgf2 (just kidding)
If I have no messages, everything is hunky-dory: fetchmail has a chat with
the POP3 server, and exits cleanly.
However, if I have a message, SMTP comes into play, and it all goes
horribly wrong:
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2210 octets
reading message 1 of 1 (2210 bytes)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220-rmwh2.Trinity2 Smail-3.2.0.101 (#2 1998-Jul-16) ready
at Fr
i, 15 Jan 1999 15:32:34 +0000 (GMT)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 ESMTP supported
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO rmwh2.Trinity2
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-rmwh2.Trinity2 Hello rmwh2.Trinity2 (rmwh2.Trinity2
from ad
dress [131.111.193.202]), here's what we support:
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 102400
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: forwarding to rmwh2.Trinity2
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<debian-user@lists.debian.org> SIZE=2210
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 debian-user@lists.debian.org ... Sender Okay
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' <rich@(nodomain)> not
matched: (ERR
_100) unknown user.
fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address
[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 '<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' <rich@(nodomain)> not
matched: (ERR
_100) unknown user.
fetchmail: can't even send to calling user!
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< On Thu, Jan 14, 1999 at 10:08:15PM +0000, ktb wrote:
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
mail-serv.eng.cam.ac.uk
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 rmwh2.Trinity2 closing connection
fetchmail: normal termination, status 10
Sorry, I don't know what bit is important!
Can anyone tell me how to configure smail.
Alternatively, I was going to install exim (I think I read something here
about it being the way forward). I've downloaded the package, but dpkg
won't install it, 'cos it conficts with smail, and won't remove smail,
'cos it's needed by mailx.
Thanks for any help
Rich
