On Sat, 10 May 1997, Francis Swasey wrote: > > They explained me that---because of 37,000 users--- they had > > decided to use 1 RAID disk system with 2 computers which > > balance load, so that each time I call, pop.arrakis.es may point to > > another IP address. The confusion and data loss, according to their > > explanation is due to (a) that fetchmail deletes the messages before > > they have been transmitted (?!) and (b) that my DNS cache would > > have chosen the wrong address.
a) Is a moronic statement. As all ISP's I've dealt with also, your ISP thinks it's customers are idiots. How in the hell do they think you've been getting your mail all along, and they onse you got before the socket error, if fetchmail purges them BEFORE they are transmitted? The fact that you get even one message is proof of this being false. If you type rm /home/me/.bash_profile ; edit /home/me/.bash_profile you will get an empty editor. b) If this is true how does a) even apply? I think the socket error you experienced was them purging your mail. I'd tear them a new *ss over that. Specially after taking me for a fool with a sorry explaination like that. > If you run fetchmail with the -v option, you will see very clearly that > The question I would be asking the ISP is: how did they move the mail > from the old machine to the new configuration? From what you have > described, I'm a little suspicious that they might not have moved > anything (and hence your sudden loss of mail). I don't mean to be > alarmist, just trying to explain the thoughts that are running through my > mind. --Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
