On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:08:24 +0930 Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 11:10 -0500, Chris wrote: > > Now, my fetchmail works (but not). > > > > I can connect, I can auth to the provider however, it just hangs > > then times out. > > > > I have to auth using my mail address, racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to the > > mail server. > > > > I tried pop3, apop and even auto. > > > > For some reason, it just won't bring the mail down - any ideas? > > You might want to show us an example line, copied from your > actual .fetchmailrc file, but without the password showing, rather > than a retyped example. > > e.g. poll pop.mail.yahoo.com.au proto pop3 user "ignored_mailbox", > with password "secretwords", is "tim" here; > > I use the glaringly obvious syntax, so it's easy to follow what I've > set into mine. I do the same with things like iptables scripts (use > the long parameters, not the abbreviations - which I never remember). > Thanks Tim - poll mail.makeworld.com proto pop3 user "user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx", with password "sillymunkietrixr4kidz" keep, is "munkie" here; [racerx@racerx ~]$ fetchmail 1 message for racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx at mail.makeworld.com (3549 octets). reading message racerx@[email protected]:1 of 1 (3549 octets)..fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [205.178.145.65/25] failed: Connection timed out. fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from racerx@[email protected] and delivering to SMTP host localhost fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) [racerx@racerx ~]$ -- Best regards, Chris Registerd Linux user number 448639
