On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Robert D. Hilliard wrote: > On my hamm system, fetchmail fails with the following message: > > bob:vc-2:bob>fetchmail > fetchmail: 29 messages at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > reading message 1 (4310 bytes) ..fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) > failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from > post.metrolink.net > > I have installed fetchmail_4.3.4-1.deb, ppp_2.3.2-2.deb, a > custom-compiled 2.0.32 kernel, and bash_2.01-5.deb. > > My .fetchmailrc file is: > poll post.metrolink.net proto pop3 user hilliard password <mypw> smtp > localhost > > I have used this .fetchmailrc file in bo for at least six months > with no difficulties. (The man page in hamm lists "smtphost" instead > of "smtp"; I tried this without effect.) > > Has anyone encountered this? Does anyone know what is wrong?
Yep, the latest smail package messes up if you want it installed in /etc/inetd.conf instead of as a daemon. Uncomment the line in inetd.conf and HUP inetd. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
