On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:23:09 +0100, Kordula Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi fellow Debian fans, > > I'm having a problem understanding fetchmail. > I've got fetchmail 5.9.11 which I installed from the stable package > collection. I also have Exim 3.35 installed (which was a default > install when I installed Woody). > > I have fetchmail running as a daemon and checking for mail every 60 > seconds on 'localhost'. > But when I use my Webmin admin app to check the servers, I get... > > Checking for mail on server(s) with command /usr/bin/fetchmail -v -f > '/etc/fetchmailrc' .. > > > fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying localhost (protocol POP3) at Tue Nov 11 > 09:32:03 2003: poll started > > POP3 connection to localhost failed: Connection refused > > fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying localhost (protocol POP3) at Tue Nov 11 > 09:32:03 2003: poll completed > > fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) ..your link to your popserver is shot dead. ..does 'mutt -f pop://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' work? > fetchmail: normal termination, status 2 > > .. checking failed! > and it does not seem to matter if I change 'localhost' to the FQDN of > my server either. > I've been reading that fetchmail is well documented, but I've checked > the man pages, and I'm just not getting it. > Am I trying to use fetchmail for something it's not intended to be > used for? My whole reason for fetchmail was to allow users to access > their e-mail via their MUAs (e.g. Outlook Express). -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]