can't get fetchmail to work

Falafel · 06-12-2006, 02:09 PM

Hello,

I use fetchmail to get mail from my ISP's server to my own. I have set up a .fetchmailrc file but when i run fetchmail it doesn't work. I use qmail on a fedora core 3 server.

My fetchmailrc-file looks like this:

poll mail.XXXXXX.se
proto imap
via imap.gmx.net
aka mailhop.org
localdomains XXXXX.se XXXXX.com
qvirtual XXXXXXX.com-
user "XXXXXX"
pass "XXXXXX"
is *
nokeep
fetchall
ssl

And i get this error when i run fetchmail:

fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server XXXX.se.
fetchmail: socket error while fetching from XXXX.se
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)

What have I done wrong? I hope someone can help me.

Thanks

marozsas · 06-12-2006, 02:39 PM

That is a very strange syntax, at least for me. Mine is quite different. take a look:

Code:

[root@gold ~]# cat /etc/fetchmailrc
#
set postmaster "postmaster"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set daemon 120
set logfile "/var/log/fetchmail.log"

# User 1
poll mail.isp.com with proto IMAP user 'userA@isp.com' there with password 'xxx' is 'user1' here options fetchall and wants mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T";

# User 2
poll mail.isp2.com with proto IMAP user 'userB@isp2.com' there with password 'xxx' is 'user2' here options fetchall  and wants mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" ;

As rule of thumb, start as simple you can. After that, add all complexity you want, one by time.

I hope this help you,

Falafel · 06-12-2006, 02:50 PM

thank you for your reply! I will try to write the commands as you do. sounds better to start
off simple! I have one question though: if i want more options than just fetchall (like ssl) how do i get that into
the command? do I simply write ... options fetchall ssl etc?

Thanks again!

dive · 06-12-2006, 02:52 PM

Have you tried running the fetchmail configurator - fetchmailconf ?

Falafel · 06-12-2006, 02:59 PM

hey!

no I haven't tried the configurator, but maybe I shoult. So far I've used "webmin" to make the fetchmail entries.

I just tried changing the protocol to pop3 and now my commandline works! That's strange because it has always
worked with IMAP before... maybe there's something wrong with the ISP?

What is the advantages of using IMAP before pop3 with fetchmail?

Thanks again for all the answers!

Best,