I had a problem before with fetchmail hanging, and after deleting the first message from the server, I get the problem back.
After the mail server reports the number of messages waiting and the size of each, I get the following. The fist line here reports the size of the last (15th) file on the mail server: ... fetchmail: POP3< 15 4539 fetchmail: POP3< . fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 5004 octets reading message 1 of 15 (5004 octets) About to rewrite Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rewritten version is Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> About to rewrite From: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rewritten version is From: "Paul Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> About to rewrite To: "'Ray Olszewski'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rewritten version is To: "'Ray Olszewski'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> About to rewrite Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rewritten version is Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hartford-hwp.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.6/8.11.6; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:37:39 -0400 fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost fetchmail: SMTP< 250-hartford-hwp.com Hello hartford-hwp.com [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ONEX fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XUSR fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH GSSAPI fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP fetchmail: forwarding to localhost fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BODY=7BIT SIZE=5004 fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<brownh@localhost> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <brownh@localhost>... Recipient ok fetchmail: SMTP> DATA fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself #*************************.************************.**************************.*******fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM) fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 g9HLbdO11116 Message accepted for delivery flushed fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1 fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop.registeredsite.com fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT fetchmail: SMTP< 221 2.0.0 hartford-hwp.com closing connection fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file. You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/brownh The first gets download ok, but only after a few minutes delay. However, the problem terminates the connection befor the file is flushed, and so it remains on the server. I'm running RH 7.3. I can visit the server with Mozilla, read, save and delete message, but that has no effect on fetchmail. My questions: The second line reported above returns a ".", which I guess is the current folder (my e-mail folder on the server). Later on there's an ENTER command that seems to write a "." Is all this proper and normal? After the server and host shake hands, the download of the first message (only) takes place. Why the perodic "." in the series of asterisks? This never happened before. What could it mean? The DELE 1 command fails, and it is immediately followed by a socket error. Is that an error at a socket at the server end in that fetchmail is not being allowed to flush? I should add that shortly before, gnus ceased to function because it entered into a loop. I've been working on that over a week with no luck. Haines Brown - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
