Can you telnet to the machine normally? i.e. telnet qdas.com 110? If it times out, you've got connection issues. Possibly firewall. If it DOESN'T time out, then something is screwy.
----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 11:12 AM Subject: setting up email > Thanks for all of your help so far but so far no cigar. Here is some > info which might help: > > [doug@localhost doug]$ fetchmail -v > fetchmail: 5.0.0 querying qadas.com (protocol POP3) at Thu, 15 Nov 2001 > 10:48:40 -0700 (MST) > fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting to connect to server > qadas.com. > fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from > qadas.com > fetchmail: Query status=7 > fetchmail: normal termination, status 7 > > My .fetchmailrc > # Configuration created Tue Mar 27 08:22:57 2001 by fetchmailconf > set postmaster "doug" > set bouncemail > set properties "" > poll qadas.com with proto POP3 > user dpiper there with password "****" is doug here warnings 3600 > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list