fetchmail sends mail by resending it through the local SMTP server, try to telnet to your smtp server (telnet localhost 25) chances are you dont have a SMTP server running, or it is firewalled
nate On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Paul wrote: skin >It`s a long story but in order to install fidogate I replaced my skin >perfectly working exim with sendmail. Now when I try to collect my mail skin >with fetchmail I get: skin > skin >reading message 1 of 10 (1598 header octets) skin >fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed skin >fetchmail: IMAP> A0007 LOGOUT skin >fetchmail: IMAP< ) skin >fetchmail: IMAP< A0006 OK Completed skin >fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE LOGOUT received skin >fetchmail: IMAP< A0007 OK Completed skin >fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.dial.pipex.com skin >fetchmail: Query status=10 skin >fetchmail: normal termination, status 10 skin > skin > skin >If I test sendmail with "sendmail -v" it says : skin > skin > Recipient names must be specified skin > skin >I would imagine that this is my problem but I`ve read loads of Docs. and skin >still can`t work out what`s wrong. skin >Easy with the advice please - my head hurts! skin > skin >Paul skin > skin >-- skin >Paul Walton * Powered by * skin >Cambridge * Debian GNU Linux * skin >U.K. * http://www.debian.org * skin > * PGP Public Key: http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/ * skin > skin > skin >-- skin >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null skin > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 11:24am up 153 days, 23:29, 1 user, load average: 1.40, 1.60, 1.61