Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:05 -0800 From: Rem Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MUA questions Message-ID: <4B0E1FF5.5080408@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <19214.6644.867125.970731@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <4B0E02B8.1080609@comcast.net> <19214.6644.867125.970731@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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>> I just installed FreeBSD 7.2 on a new box and am having trouble >> getting either fetchmail or getmail to talk to the ISP. Is this a >> question that can can be answered here, or is there another more >> appropriate forum. I thought it best to ask that question first >> before going any further. >> > > I use fetchmail, though I'm not an expert. > What's the problem? > > > Robert Huff > > > Basically, I am using Mutt as my MUA, and I have either getmail or fetchmail configured to receive my POP3 mail from Comcast, which is via mail.comcast.net. I am using msmtp as my smtp client, and have no trouble sending mail from Mutt...just can't receive. Both the .fetchmailrc and getmailrc configurations have worked in the past. Is this possibly a sendmail issue? The fetchmail.log repeatedly indicates "Trying to connect to 76.96.54.12/110...connection failed: Operation temed out." Rem
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