I ran fetchmail -a -v -k and got the following: fetchmail: 3.8.0 querying orion (protocol POP3) at Wed Aug 27 21:46:49 1997 fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 2.2) at orion.aye.net starting. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fetchmail: POP3> USER kestrel fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for kestrel. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK kestrel has 1 message (864 octets). fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 864 fetchmail: 1 message at [EMAIL PROTECTED] fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 fetchmail: POP3< +OK 864 octets reading message 1 (864 bytes) fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< this is just a test for purposes of checking fetchmail fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from orion fetchmail: 3.8.0 querying orion (protocol POP3) at Wed Aug 27 21:46:50 1997 fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 2.2) at orion.aye.net starting. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fetchmail: POP3> USER wraith fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for wraith. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK wraith has 0 messages (0 octets). fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0 fetchmail: No mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< +OK Pop server at orion.aye.net signing off. fetchmail: 3.8.0 querying orion (protocol POP3) at Wed Aug 27 21:46:51 1997 fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 2.2) at orion.aye.net starting. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fetchmail: POP3> USER shadows fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for shadows. fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK shadows has 0 messages (0 octets). fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0 fetchmail: No mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] fetchmail: POP3> QUIT fetchmail: POP3< +OK Pop server at orion.aye.net signing off. fetchmail: normal termination, status 1
the error seems to be in the SMTP connect to (null) failed G'razel the shifty kitty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.aye.net/~kestrel found on Tapestries FurryMUCK FluffMUCK Furcadia -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .