Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 21:43:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Burton Sampley <burton@bsampley.vip.best.com> To: Glenn Johnson <gljohnsn@iamerica.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetchmail not working Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970512213940.215C-100000@bsampley.vip.best.com> In-Reply-To: <3377D8C0.721E35B5@iamerica.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 12 May 1997, Glenn Johnson wrote: > I have a mysterious problem. I have been using fetchmail to retrieve my > mail for about a month. Today, it simply stopped working. At first I > thought my ISP was having problems but then I discovered that xfmail and > netscape can both access my mail server through pop3 while fetchmail can > not. I am trying to find out if my ISP changed anything. I am using > FreeBSD 2.2RELENG. Thank you. > -- > Glenn Johnson > gljohnsn@iamerica.net I've also had some weird quirkiness with fetchmail using the auto protocol detection. Try calling it w/ -p POP3 or adding 'proto POP3' (w/o the quotes) to your .fetchmailrc file. Hope this helps. Burton --- Brought to you by a 100% Micro$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.96.970512213940.215C-100000>