Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 02:04:39 -0600 (MDT) From: "James R. Shrenk" <dionysos3@crosswinds.net> To: Ghulam Dastgir <banta@ghulam.force9.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fetchmail problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906070201410.3203-100000@neptune.twrol.com> In-Reply-To: <01beb0b4$b5537520$LocalHost@signup>
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Try adding "-p POP3" before the -u flag. It looks like mail.force9.net doesn't respond to IMAP requests (which seems to be what fetchmail often defaults to). James On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Ghulam Dastgir wrote: > I am having problems with my fetchmail. After the PPP link's up I type: > > $ fetchmail -u ghulam mail.force9.net > > Then I get the password prompt, after which the following output: > > fetchmail: IMAP connection to mail.force9.net failed: local error: Connection refused > fetchmail: 1 message for ghulam at mail.force9.net > reading message 1 of 1 (2075 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to voyager.ghulam.force9.co.uk failed: Operation timed out > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching mail from mail.force9.net > > Any ideas what the problem is here?? > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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