On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 06:23:13PM -0400, add|ct|on wrote: > ok maybe i'm simple-minded but i cannot get fetchmail to fetch my mail > from my pop3 server. running fetchmail in -v mode, there were no errors > logging into the pop3 server, but once it gets to fetching the messages > it just sits there on the first one and does nothing.
Are you using procmail? I had the same problem when I misconfigured procmail. > to test my setup, i tried getting mail from a different pop3 account, > on another server (friend's account), and it supposedly fetched (did not > hang that time at all, completed without errors or incident), BUT, > stranger still, i have no idea WHERE it put the mail if it really did > fetch it. i ran fetchmail as root, and root had no mail. i was unable to > locate this supposedly fetched mail anywhere on my system. > another odd tidbit is this: sendmail runs on boot, of course, but if i > check with ps x a while later its mysteriously GONE. i restart it, and > check, and its there, but again check later and its gone AGAIN. someone > please tell me why it keeps disappearing on me and i'll be very > thankful. > if i can manage to keep sendmail running for a bit, i can send email > without problems. THAT works fine, at least, without incident. <g> > info about my system (in case its important) are as follows: i'm > running potato with kernel 2.2.6. and the potato versions of fetchmail > and sendmail. (prepackaged .debs, if that matters also). > i'm new at email on linux systems and i have no idea what i'm doing, to > be honest. in fact, i'm not very experienced with any of this. it's > probably some small bit i have misconfigured, and i have read docs and > mans but i can't find anything wrong...had an experienced friend telnet > in as well and he couldn't find any config problems either. any help > would be highly appreciated. need any more info, feel free to email me. > gracias! Sorry, can't help you with the rest of your problems.
