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 ---------------------------------------^ Shouldn't there be a colon at the end of the line? It looks as though it's looping through until it finds a protocol that it likes. --Jerry -- "Nothing inhabits my thoughts, and oblivion drives my desires."