On 18 Oct 2000, Rino Mardo wrote: > it means either the name was not resolving at the exact time and date OR > that it timedout while checking for mails. > > sounds crazy i know but that's my experience with fetchmail having used it for > over two years now. anyway, i'm open to more reasonable explanation. > > -- > Who's watching the watchmen?
I still get problems intermittently with fetchmail pausing for a long time while getting the first messsage. I thought I'd fixed it by editing /etc/hosts but it still happens sometimes. At other times it works perfectly. Anthing else worth checking? -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."
