How to use fetchmail to connect to IMAP on a remote host while going through a SOCKS proxy server (proxy.lafn.org:1080).
There were no matches in the Debian Mailing List Archive Search for: "socket error while fetching" Looking at the FAQ: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html#K1 "K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?" led me to compile fetchmail with "--with-socks": - uncommented deb-src line in /etc/apt/sources.list - ``apt-get update'' - ``apt-get source fetchmail'' - unbundled sources - unzipped diff file - ``patch -p1 <fetchmail_5.3.3-1.1.diff'' - ``./configure --with-socks'' - ``make'' - ``make-install'' Configure won't work with "--with-socks5". That option is mentioned in K1 of the FAQ: "Alan Schmitt has added a similar --with-socks5 option that may work better if you have a recent version of the SOCKS library." This is what happens: # fetchmail -v -a -k fetchmail: 5.3.3 querying mail.marxists.org (protocol IMAP) at Sat, 07 Jul 2001 16:22:46 -0700 (PDT) fetchmail: running ssh -l rcymbala %h /usr/sbin/imapd mail.marxists.org 143 fetchmail: execl(ssh -l rcymbala %h /usr/sbin/imapd) failed fetchmail: socket error while fetching from mail.marxists.org fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 ...using this .fetchmailrc: poll mail.marxists.org with proto IMAP plugin "ssh -l rcymbala %h /usr/sbin/imapd" user "rcymbala" there with password "password" is cymbala here options keep The plugin command works outside the context of fetchmail: # ssh -l rcymbala mail.marxists.org /usr/sbin/imapd [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: * PREAUTH [247.114.25.64] IMAP4rev1 v12.264 server ready Maybe that 143 in the "running" line is wrong? I'm guessing (in fact, maybe I compiled it wrong, since that was really the first time I've tried to compile a program after about 3 years of Debian use). The Debian installation should be fine, after a fresh installation of 2.2r3 a few days ago (plus about 5 package upgrades with apt-get-upgrade). And finally, some details on the remote host: http://www.marxists.org/admin/workshop/welcome.htm#email Help! and thanks, -Rob Cymbala
