Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-12 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Wed August 12 2009, Teemu Likonen wrote: > Yes, you can. The mail will be kept on the server but it will be marked > as "old" or "already seen" when you read it through fetchmail or > laptop's IMAP connection. Already seen "old" mail won't be fetched twice > with fetchmail, unless you use --fetc

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-12 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-11 17:17 (-0400), Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have fetchmail set to fetchall. If I set it to keep, can I use a > laptop, setup that account as IMAP on the laptop and also retrieve > that same email? I mean setup a kmail account as IMAP.. on the laptop. Yes, you can. The mail will be kept

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-08-10 15:36, Paul Cartwright wrote: I have been getting this error, and I'm not sure what it means or what is wrong. I have fetchmail setup to pull the email from my domain accounts to local users. I set this up in a fetchmailrc file. this morning I noticed there was no new email, but

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue August 11 2009, Teemu Likonen wrote: > I have two IMAP accounts but I don't like to store the mail on the > remote server so I use fetchmail to fetch all mail on remote servers to > my spool file in /var/mail directory. Then my mail client (Gnus) is > configured to get mail just from the loc

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Teemu Likonen
On 2009-08-11 16:35 (-0400), Paul Cartwright wrote: > If I tell fetchmail to use IMAP, I guess I'm not sure how to setup > kmail for my 7 accounts that will be coming in via fetchmail. Does > that make more better sense? I have two IMAP accounts but I don't like to store the mail on the remote ser

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue August 11 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > can I setup fetchmail for IMAP? > > yes. > > proto imap > > man fetchmailrc well, I saw IMAP as a fetchmail possibility.. but I guess my guess is more how do I DO IT. with IMAP I thought the server was more like the repository, and your mai

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 05:48:51AM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Tue August 11 2009, Thomas Hochstein wrote: > > fetchmail cannot connect to the server it should poll (your "mail > > domain host"). As you can reach that host via webmail (HTTP, Port 80) > > and IMAP, it does not seem to be a ne

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-11 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Tue August 11 2009, Thomas Hochstein wrote: > fetchmail cannot connect to the server it should poll (your "mail > domain host"). As you can reach that host via webmail (HTTP, Port 80) > and IMAP, it does not seem to be a network problem. Maybe the POP3 > daemon on that host is not running / runn

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Thomas Hochstein
Paul Cartwright schrieb: > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > waiting to connect to server email_host.com. fetchmail cannot connect to the server it should poll (your "mail domain host"). As you can reach that host via webmail (HTTP, Port 80) and IMAP, it

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > try telnet to imap or pop3 port. if that fails to connect, then it's a > problem on their end, likely. well, I stopped fetchmail, and created an IMAP account ( in kmail) for my user that I had in fetchmail. when I clicked on the inbox of the n

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 06:12:58PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > is the pop or imap server running? > > not my box, this is my domain hosting service.. I can log on via webmail and > see that there is email there. try telnet to imap or po

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > is the pop or imap server running? not my box, this is my domain hosting service.. I can log on via webmail and see that there is email there. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon August 10 2009, Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > > waiting to connect to server email_host.com. > > Either your internet / network connection is down or the server doesn't > reply for some reason. I never lose my internet co

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 04:36:00PM -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote: > I have been getting this error, and I'm not sure what it means or what is > wrong. > I have fetchmail setup to pull the email from my domain accounts to local > users. I set this up in a fetchmailrc file. > > this morning I notic

Re: fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Jochen Schulz
Paul Cartwright: > > this morning I noticed there was no new email, but when I went to webmail ( > squirrelmail) on my hosts servers, there was email . This is the error > message I am getting in /var/log/syslog: > > Aug 10 16:31:47 paulandcilla fetchmail[16965]: timeout after 300 seconds > wa

fetchmail socket error

2009-08-10 Thread Paul Cartwright
I have been getting this error, and I'm not sure what it means or what is wrong. I have fetchmail setup to pull the email from my domain accounts to local users. I set this up in a fetchmailrc file. this morning I noticed there was no new email, but when I went to webmail ( squirrelmail) on my

fetchmail: socket error while fetching

2001-07-07 Thread Robert Cymbala
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.h

Re: Help fetchmail socket error?

2000-12-29 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, Thanks a lot for getting back to me. > I trust that you've already checked Fetchmail's FAQ here Yes. > R7. Fetchmail randomly dies with socket errors. > > Check the MTU value in your PPP interface reported by /sbin/ifconfig. If > it's over 600, change it in your PPP options file. (/etc/ppp

Re: Help fetchmail socket error?

2000-12-29 Thread Hall Stevenson
> I've posted with one kind attempt at fixing a problem. My ISP's mail > went down then said the problem was fixed. I'm still getting prblems > where eveything was ok before. Mostly I'm getting a socket error and > expected length problems. I have a selected log of the highlights > andadditional de

Help fetchmail socket error?

2000-12-29 Thread Jonathan Gift
Hi, I've posted with one kind attempt at fixing a problem. My ISP's mail went down then said the problem was fixed. I'm still getting prblems where eveything was ok before. Mostly I'm getting a socket error and expected length problems. I have a selected log of the highlights andadditional details