On 21Jul2007 11:12, Chris <racerx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | > 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 ~]$ By default fetchmail delivers to an SMTP server (your local one). It seems a little strange that "localhost:smtp" should be 205.178.145.65/25 instead of 127.0.0.1/25. 1: Why is it using a public IP address instead of 127.0.0.1 ? 2: Might you have firewall rules blocking connection to 205.178.145.65/25? (Personally I use REJECT instead of DROP; it makes things fail faster.) Also, personally, I use procmail when delivering from fetchmail, eg: mda "procmail $HOME/rc/mail/procmailrc" Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Support Darwinian evolution -- Squash a weakling today. - David Wren-Hardin <bdh4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
