On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote: > I recently upgraded to 1.3 and replaced popclient with fetchmail. When I > try to run fetchmail, my ISP is connected and when attempting to retrieve > mail, I get the error message: > > reading message 1 (2679 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop.primenet.com > > here is my ~/.fetchmailrc file: > > poll pop.primenet.com proto pop3 user USERNAME pass PASSWORD
try adding _ is USERNAME here _ like this poll pop.primenet.com proto pop3 user USERNAME pass PASSWORD is USERNAME here > > ---- > > I don't understand the smtp error message. I am using the default smail > installation as my MDA. > > Any suggestions are appreciated. ---------------- http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ ----------------- : W. Paul Mills : Bill, I was there several years ago. : : Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. : Why would I want to go back tomorrow? : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Where were you! : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Linux: Tomorrow's operating system, : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : here, today. : : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : ---------------------------------------- : : compuserve 70023,1750 : #define MY_TRUE_LOVE computer : -------------- http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ ------------- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
