On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:59:30 -0500 (EST), Mark wrote:
>Oliver,
>
>The fetchmail error you're getting when you tried to download mail with
>command line fetchmail is a communication error between fetchmail and the
>TCP/IP stack...so to speak. I get that error when I issue a fetchmail
>command froma terminal window and my modem isnn't connected to the
>internet. Alright.'..stop laughing...pick yourself up off the floor. It
>was late and I needed to unplug.
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:52:19
How embarrassing Mark heehe....not for you though, but for me..<grin>
It seems as though the fetchmail conf Was done already, and trying to
access the IP connection that I had not established...as you describe
above...gee....so much for my five minutes of experience with
fetchmail.........
When running fetchmail (with a connection) I can see the mail
being downloaded much as before with all the other mail programs......
However now I get another nice error message that the other
programs did not mention...this may explain the whole problem of not
getting a mail file.....?
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fetchmail 13 messages for ollyplaine at
postoffice.worldnet.att.net (2429878 octets) . reading message 1 of
13 (662174 octets) ....fetchmail time out after 300 seconds.
fetchmail: client /server syncronization error while fetching from
postoffice.worldnet.att.net,....
fetchmail: query status =7 (error)........
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Looks like I rolled a seven?
Ok what syncronizes the two? obviously , though the mail
is coming down..the download never closes and saves?
I am going to search for an explanation of error 7...meanwhile
does the above mean anything to you?
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>Tell me...the path statement that you have entered for these programs,
>does it read ~/Mail ~/nsmail, or /home/username/Mail
>/home/username/nsmail?
>
>they should bothe read as the latter two read. If they don't change them
>and let me know what happens.
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Naw Mark...I didn't enter anything...those were defaults ...I was just
telling you where they were. I am sure the GUI pathed them correctly
it just don't show the whole path...but anyway those files are made in
the proper directories...(but empty).
You and I both know that every mail program on the machine is
not broken..it is weird how every one conceals information
differently...Kmail don't say anything...NS says it is downloading
one...but fetchmail gives me a sync error...that is the most helpful
yet...I still don't have a clue what to do though?
Thanks for the help
Olly P
Biloxi
