On Tuesday 01 August 2006 10:50, Gbenga Shobowale wrote: > Hi Anne > > On 7/31/06, Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From time to time I get fetchmail problems, and don't understand what the > > error messages are telling me: > > > > fetchmail -a > > fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop3.tiscali.co.uk > > fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) > > fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) > > This error only occurs when you have lost Internet connection and the > other is because you are now trying to run fetchmail when it is > running in background. > > Check you Internet connection..nslookup cnn.com to see if it resolves > I'm fairly sure that I have seen it when a browser can still operate. It would have to be a momentary loss, I think. I will check again, next time I get the problem. Anne
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