On Monday 27 October 2003 1:05 pm, Jerry A! wrote:
On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:57:08PM -0500, E.F.Maurer wrote: : On Monday 27 October 2003 12:45 pm, Jerry A! wrote: : > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 12:29:56PM -0500, E.F.Maurer wrote: : > : I just switched to comcast from sprynet and can't get fetchmail to : > : set up correctly. Has anyone got this to work? : > : : > : I'm using mail.comcast.net as the pop server : > : port 110 : > : > What does a 'fetchmail -v <pop-server>' yield? The verbose, debug : > information will go a long way in diagnosing the problem. : : framau@VMXLinux:~> fetchmail -v mail.comcast.net : fetchmail: 6.2.1 querying mail.comcast.net (protocol auto) at Mon 27 Oct : 2003 12:48:45 PM EST: poll started : fetchmail: 6.2.1 querying mail.comcast.net (protocol IMAP) at Mon 27 Oct : 2003 12:48:45 PM EST: poll started : : and it freezes, or never responds. : I wonder why imap is in there? : : I started over, and it worked... : : poll mail.comcast.net with proto POP3
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Here's the output of fetchmail -v ... framau@VMXLinux:~> fetchmail -v mail.comcast.net fetchmail: 6.2.1 querying mail.comcast.net (protocol POP3) at Mon 27 Oct 2003 02:57:31 PM EST: poll started fetchmail: POP3< +OK (rwcrpxc51) Maillennium POP3/PROXY server #39 fetchmail: POP3> CAPA fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE NEVER fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Maillennium/PROXY V04.61c++ [12-Jun-03] cpu_spar fetchmail: POP3< c.os_solaris_bsd.comp_gnu fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 0 fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES fetchmail: POP3< STLS fetchmail: POP3< TOP fetchmail: POP3< UIDL fetchmail: POP3< USER fetchmail: POP3< . fetchmail: POP3> STLS fetchmail: POP3< +OK Begin TLS negotiation fetchmail: Warning: server certificate verification: self signed certificate in certificate chain fetchmail: Warning: server certificate verification: self signed certificate in certificate chain fetchmail: Issuer Organization: RSA Data Security, Inc. fetchmail: Unknown Issuer CommonName fetchmail: Server CommonName: mail.comcast.net fetchmail: mail.comcast.net key fingerprint: 86:4B:ED:3A:64:CE:70:D4:56:C1:DE:57:C6:92:AC:19 fetchmail: Warning: server certificate verification: self signed certificate in certificate chain fetchmail: POP3> USER efmaurer fetchmail: POP3< +OK fetchmail: POP3> PASS fetchmail: POP3< +OK ready fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0 fetchmail: No mail for efmaurer at mail.comcast.net fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< +OK comcast.net fetchmail: 6.2.1 querying mail.comcast.net (protocol POP3) at Mon 27 Oct 2003 02:57:35 PM EST: poll completed fetchmail: normal termination, status 1 Should I add a ":" after POP3 ? none of my other entries had one. I'll check the fetchmailrc man or help. Thanks E.F.Maurer