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From: Allan Peak <apeak_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: fetchmail
To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com>
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I tried again and let it run longer.  This time it
said "timeout after 300 seconds waiting to connect"
                          Allan
--- Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> wrote:
> 
> > I want to copy my mail from my Yahoo account to my
> > local machine.  I tried typing fetchmail -u
> apeak_2000
> > mail.yahoo.com, and it asked for my password and
> after
> > I typed it in it just seemed to freeze.
> 
> 	How long did you let it sit? Fetchmail frequently
> seems to freeze
> when it's downloading, there isn't any kind of
> progression bar or
> anything. If anyhting it should have timed out. Did
> you check top to see
> if it was using any resources, or was it static
> there?
> 
> 					Rick
> 


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