Hi Mario,
You can use fetchmailconf from X to configure fetchmail..
anurag
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Da costa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 9:19 AM
Subject: [LIH] fetchmail logs on but does not fetch
> Hello friends,
> I have been trying to configure fetchmail to download mail from my POP
> account. I am able to log on and see how many messages there are. Then
> when fetchmail actually tries to download the mail it seems to freeze
> then reports a timeout error. I have searched the mail archives and even
> searched the fetchmail website and read the FAQ. The man pages also did
> not help me. I suspect some problem with my loacl setting i.e. fechmail
> may not be able to store the mail on my local machine. While I am
> attatching a transcript of my fetchmail command below, the same results
> occur when I manually edit the ".fetchmailrc" file. I also added the
> line "user mario is mario" but it did not help. My session transcript is
> pasted below:
>
> [root@localhost /root]# fetchmail -v dakiya.controlnet.co.in -u mario -p
> POP3 -k
> Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> fetchmail: 5.0.0 querying dakiya.controlnet.co.in (protocol POP3) at
> Mon, 22 Jan
> 2001 21:46:55 +0530 (IST)
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK dakiya.controlnet.co.in POP3 service (Netscape
> Messaging Se
> rver 4.15 (built Dec 14 1999))
> fetchmail: POP3> USER mario
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Name is a valid mailbox
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Maildrop ready
>
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 23 65945
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
> 23 messages for mario at dakiya.controlnet.co.in (65945 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> LIST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK scan listing follows
> fetchmail: POP3< 1 2773
> fetchmail: POP3< 2 2362
> fetchmail: POP3< 3 2422
> fetchmail: POP3< 4 3786
> fetchmail: POP3< 5 2932
> fetchmail: POP3< 6 2105
> fetchmail: POP3< 7 3089
> fetchmail: POP3< 8 2648
> fetchmail: POP3< 9 2644
> fetchmail: POP3< 10 2901
> fetchmail: POP3< 11 2057
> fetchmail: POP3< 12 2329
> fetchmail: POP3< 13 1914
> fetchmail: POP3< 14 1873
> fetchmail: POP3< 15 2994
> fetchmail: POP3< 16 6495
> fetchmail: POP3< 17 2716
> fetchmail: POP3< 18 3591
> fetchmail: POP3< 19 3957
> fetchmail: POP3< 20 3081
> fetchmail: POP3< 21 2687
> fetchmail: POP3< 22 2014
> fetchmail: POP3< 23 2575
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2773 octets
> reading message 1 of 23 (2773 octets)
> fetchmail: timeout after 134661752 seconds waiting for listener to
> respond.
> fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from
> dakiya.controlnet.co.in
> fetchmail: Query status=7
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 7
> [root@localhost /root]#
>
>
>
> The man pages indicate that termination status 7 indicates a timeout
> error. This happens with my other pop accounts as well.
>
>
> Thank You,
> Regards,
> mario
> --
> ..... in life, there is more imagination
> than in all our dreams .....
>
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