Here is a short strace (less than 20 seconds) when the problem occurs: Jun 29 14:47:05 awak fetchmail[22055]: awakened at Wed Jun 29 14:47:05 2005 Jun 29 14:47:15 awak fetchmail[22055]: timeout after 10 seconds waiting to connect to server pop.free.fr. Jun 29 14:47:15 awak fetchmail[22055]: socket error while fetching from pop.free.fr Jun 29 14:47:15 awak fetchmail[22055]: Query status=2 (SOCKET) Jun 29 14:47:25 awak fetchmail[22055]: timeout after 10 seconds waiting to connect to server pop.free.fr. Jun 29 14:47:25 awak fetchmail[22055]: socket error while fetching from pop.free.fr Jun 29 14:47:25 awak fetchmail[22055]: Query status=2 (SOCKET) Jun 29 14:47:35 awak fetchmail[22055]: timeout after 10 seconds waiting to connect to server pop.free.fr. Jun 29 14:47:35 awak fetchmail[22055]: socket error while fetching from pop.free.fr Jun 29 14:47:35 awak fetchmail[22055]: Query status=2 (SOCKET) Jun 29 14:47:45 awak fetchmail[22055]: timeout after 10 seconds waiting to connect to server pop.free.fr. Jun 29 14:47:45 awak fetchmail[22055]: socket error while fetching from pop.free.fr Jun 29 14:47:45 awak fetchmail[22055]: Query status=2 (SOCKET) Jun 29 14:47:54 awak imapd[22178]: open: user xav opened INBOX Jun 29 14:47:55 awak fetchmail[22055]: timeout after 10 seconds waiting to connect to server pop.free.fr. Jun 29 14:47:55 awak fetchmail[22055]: socket error while fetching from pop.free.fr Jun 29 14:47:55 awak fetchmail[22055]: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ ps -efww|grep fetchmail fetchma 22055 1 0 13:13 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/fetchmail -f /etc/fetchmailrc --syslog -i /var/mail/.fetchmail-UIDL-cache root 22454 22438 0 14:47 pts/1 00:00:00 grep fetchmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~]$ strace -p 22055 Process 22055 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x402c218c, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, ~[RTMIN], NULL, 8) = 0 time([1120049305]) = 1120049305 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<22>Jun 29 14:48:25 fetchmail[22"..., 110, 0) = 110 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPWR, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, NULL, 8) = 0 time([1120049305]) = 1120049305 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<19>Jun 29 14:48:25 fetchmail[22"..., 88, 0) = 88 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}, NULL) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x8056150, [], 0}, {0x805aaa0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 time([1120049305]) = 1120049305 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<22>Jun 29 14:48:25 fetchmail[22"..., 62, 0) = 62 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x805aaa0, [], 0}, {0x8056150, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={10, 0}}, NULL) = 0 futex(0x402c218c, FUTEX_WAIT, 2, NULL) = -1 EINTR (Interrupted system call) --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, ~[RTMIN], NULL, 8) = 0 time([1120049315]) = 1120049315 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<22>Jun 29 14:48:35 fetchmail[22"..., 115, 0) = 115 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPWR, {0x805a6c0, [], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, NULL, 8) = 0 time([1120049315]) = 1120049315 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<19>Jun 29 14:48:35 fetchmail[22"..., 93, 0) = 93 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}, NULL) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGALRM, {0x8056150, [], 0}, {0x805aaa0, [], 0}, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, {0x805aae0, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 time([1120049315]) = 1120049315 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<22>Jun 29 14:48:35 fetchmail[22"..., 62, 0) = 62 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 unlink("/var/mail/.fetchmail-UIDL-cache") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) time([1120049315]) = 1120049315 time([1120049315]) = 1120049315 getpid() = 22055 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x40262a70, [], 0}, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 send(3, "<22>Jun 29 14:48:35 fetchmail[22"..., 75, 0) = 75 rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {0x8056150, [], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0 rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x8053350, [], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_IGN}, 8) = 0 getuid32() = 105 rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x8053350, [], SA_RESTART}, {0x8053350, [], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0 select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {60, 0} <unfinished ...> Process 22055 detached -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]