The problem was with procmail. I had not set up a filter correctly and all my mail was going to a different folder. I found this out by doing a check in procmail's log. Now I can get and send mail using Elm with Sendmail and Procmail!
Thanks to any who replied Ian As was proclaimed by Ian Patrick Thomas: > After setting up sendmail to work and transfer my outgoing mail I went > ahead and setup fetchmail. I have included the verbose output of its > execution below. For some reason the mail is not getting onto my system, > even though everything appears to be running correctly. > > fetchmail: 4.6.4 querying pop.mail.yahoo.com (protocol POP3) at Mon Mar > 5 23:51:01 2001 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK hello from popgate > fetchmail: POP3> USER ipthomas_77^M > fetchmail: POP3< +OK password required. > fetchmail: POP3> PASS *^M > fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop ready, 9 messages (26311 octets) (979376 > 26214400)fetchmail: POP3> STAT > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 9 26311 > fetchmail: POP3> LIST^M > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 9 messages (26311 octets) > fetchmail: POP3< 1 2994 > fetchmail: POP3< 2 3091 > fetchmail: POP3< 3 3812 > fetchmail: POP3< 4 2323 > fetchmail: POP3< 5 2593 > fetchmail: POP3< 6 4626 > fetchmail: POP3< 7 2451 > fetchmail: POP3< 8 1696 > fetchmail: POP3< 9 2725 > fetchmail: POP3< . > 9 messages for ipthomas_77 at pop.mail.yahoo.com (26311 octets). > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2994 octets > reading message 1 of 9 (2994 octets) > fetchmail: SMTP< 220 freeware.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU; Mon, > 5 > Mar 2001 23:51:07 -0500^M > fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-freeware.org Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1], > pleased to meet you > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ONEX > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN > fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XUSR > fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP > fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BODY=7BIT SIZE=2994 > fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Sender ok^M > fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Recipient ok^M > fetchmail: SMTP> DATA > fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself^M > #**********************************.*********fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM) > l: SMTP< 250 XAA01175 Message accepted for delivery^M > not flushed > fetchmail: POP3> RETR 2 > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3091 octets > > I left off the other nine because they are almost identical. For right > now I have fetchmail leaving the mail on the server. I also don't have mail > from the list set to bounce, although it seems to show up this way in > fetchmail. Is there some default setting on Debian Slink (2.0.36) that > denies incoming mail or is the problem maybe in sendmail? I can send my .cf > file or any other info if needed. > > Thanks in advance, > Ian > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
