I use fetchmail on redhat linux 9

I cannot download main from my isp. I specified users but i keep on getting
the same error message.

Module Index

Checking Servers
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Checking for mail on server(s) with command fetchmail -v -f '/etc/fetchmailrc' -m 'sendmail' pop3.lantic.net ..

fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying pop3.lantic.net (protocol POP3) at Tue Oct 12 20:58:00 2004: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Hello there.
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Here's what I can do:
fetchmail: POP3< STLS
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 10
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Courier Mail Server
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> STLS
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Begin SSL/TLS negotiation now.
fetchmail: POP3> USER xxxxxxxxxxx
fetchmail: POP3> PASS
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on xxxxxx@pop3.lantic.net
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Hello there.
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Here's what I can do:
fetchmail: POP3< STLS
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 10
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Courier Mail Server
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER xxxxxxxx
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required.
fetchmail: POP3> PASS
fetchmail: POP3< +OK logged in.
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 16 403934
16 messages for xxxxxxx at pop3.lantic.net (403934 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 clients that break here, they violate STD53.
fetchmail: POP3< 1 4599
fetchmail: POP3< 2 2081
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4599 octets follow.
reading message xxxxxxx@pop3.lantic.net:1 of 16 (4599 octets)
#*****************************.***Recipient names must be specified
****************************.****fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 64 not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 2
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2081 octets follow.
reading message xxxxxxx@pop3.lantic.net:2 of 16 (2081 octets)
#*******************Recipient names must be specified
fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 64
not flushed

I also use webmin v1150 to setup fetchmail users( no Luck)
I copied from the /etc/.fetchmailrc copies to /home/mike/.fetchmailrc

I cannot get further than this.

any help please ?

Thanks
Mike Venter

How does your fetchmailrc look like? Have you tried to specify the local user names? Why do you give '-m sendmail' on the commandline? I remember once I had something similar on RH6.2, and then I used '-m procmail -d %T' or something similar AFAIR (look at the manpage).

Best,
Ott

Where Do I change fetchmail parameters ?

I use fetchmail in webmin. I just click on check this main server,
then it runs the above command auto...

Mike

there is a utility to configure fetchmail
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat....i386.rpm.html
you might have it already
try:
fetchmailconf
for now i'd just forget that webmin interface (nothing like making something simple complicated)
to check mail you just type
fetchmail

fetchmail accepts parameters either on command line or in the ~/.fetchmailrc conf file, it allows probably some system-wide conf-file too. You should perhaps at first try to get it working using one of these possibilities. My .fetchmailrc looks like:

poll mail.econ.au.dk
protocol pop3
user xxxxx
password xxxxx
fetchall

This fetches mail only for me. You may want to do something like

user foo is bar

instead of simply user, which means the user name foo on the mailserver corresponds to the name bar on your computer; and

mda /usr/sbin/sendmail -i -oem -f %F %T

which means that fetchmail has to use sendmail to deliver messages locally. Actually this should not be necessary. Look at man fetchmail. Try to post your fetchmailrc.

Best,

Ott