Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:20:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan E Fosburgh <wotan@fosburgh.org> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> Cc: Allan Peak <apeak_2000@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetchmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008082117520.78487-100000@gw.fosburgh.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0008081912370.6422-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
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On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Rick Hamell 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? > Huh? You must be running a different fetchmail than I am, because mine does do status *if you are not running it in daemon mode*. Check to make sure mail.yahoo.com is the correct address from which to download your email, that may not have a pop server running. Also, if you are using X you might look into fetchmailconf to make sure you have it set up right. Jonathan Fosburgh Open Systems MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Home Page: http://www.fosburgh.org Manager, FreeBSD Webring: http://www.fosburgh.org/computer/freebsdring.html ICQ: 32742908 AIM: Namthorien To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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