From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 26 07:49:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8762B1065676 for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F5948FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.12]) by QMTA10.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9jpF1d0010FhH24AAjpR34; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([67.180.204.190]) by OMTA08.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 9jpQ1d00146zqiB8UjpQPe; Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:24 +0000 Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:49:23 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20091126074923.GA86908@bsd.remdog.net> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD References: <4B0E02B8.1080609@comcast.net> <19214.6644.867125.970731@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4B0E1FF5.5080408@comcast.net> <20091126072715.GA2197@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091126072715.GA2197@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: Re: MUA questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:24 -0000 On 2009.11.26 00:27:15 +0000, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:28:05PM -0800, Rem Roberti wrote: > > > > 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." > > Are you sure Mutt is trying to use fetchmail or getmail, and not still > trying to use Sendmail instead? > Well...I'm embarrassed to admit this, but the problem was with the operator...that would be me. Everything was doing its job correctly, including procmail. I'd forgotten how to call up the list of mailboxes where procmail puts everything, and when I hit the return key I kept getting the "no mail" message, so I just assumed that the mail was not being received. But no, everything was being put exactly where it was supposed to be, and once I remembered how to access the individual mailboxes guess what I found. This is what happens when you spend a year operating a windoze box. I'm sure glad to be back with FreeBSD. Thanks to all who responded. Cheers... Rem