Hallo ;-
I'd trouble and got help locally and the following is my
/home/ptb/.fetchmailrc file which works but I don't know how.
# Configuration created Wed Jul 18 12:13:15 2001 by fetchmailconf; last ptb mods
Au26;No10;
#set syslog
set postmaster "ptb"
set nobouncemail
set properties ""
###KMcD adds here
# set daemon 300
poll pop3.free-internet.co.uk with proto POP3
user xxxxx there with password xxxxx is ptb here warnings 3600
antispam 571 550 501 554
poll mail.connectfree.co.uk with proto POP3
user xxxxx there with password xxxxx is ptb here warnings 3600
antispam 571 550 501 554
poll mail.thersgb.net with proto POP3
user xxxxx there with password xxxxx is ptb here warnings 3600
antispam 571 550 501 554
poll pop3.supanet.com with proto POP3
user xxxxx there with password xxxxx is ptb here warnings 3600
antispam 571 550 501 554
Pat
On 1 Feb, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Currently there is a problem with my POP3 server. I cannot get into my
> POP3 server with any of my email client programs. All of them except
> the one provided with BasicLinux will time out and abort the POP3
> login attempt after a period of about 15 to 30 seconds. In using the
> one provided with BasicLinux there is apparently no timeout feature, at
> least as far as the default settings are concerned. In order to stop
> the POP3 server login attempt I have found that I have to hit CTRL + C.
> Is there a way to set a timeout feature for the fetchmail log-in
> attempts?
>
> Sam Heywood
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