Re: fetchmail authorization failure

2007-10-29 Thread Haines Brown
I just wanted to close this discussion and indicate that the problem was solved. I use two web hosting services, Omnis, which is good and supports Linux, and Interland/Web.com, which did not officially support Linux, but did the best it could. Over the years the quality of its technical support ha

Re: fetchmail authorization failure

2007-10-26 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 08:12:24AM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: > Andrew, > > Thanks, you led me to the solution. > > Running $ fetchmail -cv told me that my POP3 account was inactive, and > when I called my provider (Web.com), they informed me that the value > of the poll line in .fetchmailrc had

Re: fetchmail authorization failure

2007-10-26 Thread Haines Brown
Andrew, Thanks, you led me to the solution. Running $ fetchmail -cv told me that my POP3 account was inactive, and when I called my provider (Web.com), they informed me that the value of the poll line in .fetchmailrc had to be changed now to my domain name rather than the server name. I suspect

Re: fetchmail authorization failure

2007-10-25 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
it has been months since I've logged out, and the graphics driver > change is probably irrelevant. probably so. > > Gnus and web browsing work OK. > > Fetchmail reports the error: > > fetchmail: Authorization failure on > [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.registeredsite.co

fetchmail authorization failure

2007-10-25 Thread Haines Brown
bably irrelevant. Gnus and web browsing work OK. Fetchmail reports the error: fetchmail: Authorization failure on [EMAIL PROTECTED]@pop.registeredsite.com fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL) It looks to me like fetchmail is sending a garbled address to the mail server. However