Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 03:05:17 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@jmock.com> To: Thomas Bader <thomasb@trash.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot get mail using fetchmail and ssh Message-ID: <20000805030517.F2579@luna.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: <20000805115816.A3728@trash.net>; from thomasb@trash.net on Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 11:58:16AM %2B0200 References: <20000805115816.A3728@trash.net>
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On Sat, 05 Aug 2000 at 11:58:16 +0200, Thomas Bader wrote: > Hi > > I have the following .fetchmailrc: > > poll MYSERVER > via localhost port 1234 > protocol pop3 > user XXXX > pass "YYYY" > is bader > preconnect "ssh -i ~/.ssh/identity -x -f -L 1234:MYSERVER:110 MYSERVER sleep 20 < /dev/null > /dev/null" > > When I run "fetchmail -va", fetchmail does not connect to > localhost:1234, instead it connects to localhost:110. But I > don't have a user thomasb on localhost. > > I'd like fetchmail to connect to localhost:1234, so the > entire connection to MYSERVER would tunneled and encrypted > using ssh. Any Ideas? You can try taking the port out of your .fetchmailrc and running ``fetchmail -vaP 1234'' (you might also need -d) and see if that works. See the fetchmail man page for more info. - jim -- jim mock <jim@jmock.com> work: jim@osd.bsdi.com | jim@FreeBSD.org http://soupnazi.org/ BSDi Open Source Div | http://bsdi.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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