Hi, What happens when you telent to the smtp port? Try a sequence similar to the one posted below. (help gives you help on what the sendmail daemon can do for you there). If that works, the problem is with your fetchmail.
manoj __> telnet localhost 25 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. 220 tiamat.datasync.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.8/8.8.8/Debian/GNU; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:04:06 -0600 verb 250 Verbose mode helo tiamat 250 tiamat.datasync.com Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you vrfy [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> expn [EMAIL PROTECTED] 050 /home/srivasta/.forward: line 1: forwarding to "| exec /usr/lib/mailagent/filter >>/home/srivasta/var/log/mailerror 2>&1" 250 Manoj Srivastava <"| exec /usr/lib/mailagent/filter >>/home/srivasta/var/log/mailerror 2>&1"@tiamat.datasync.com> quit 221 tiamat.datasync.com closing connection Connection closed by foreign host. __> vrfy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __> expn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Alan Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- "A killer stalks the halls of my high school. Innocent cheerleaders die by knife. Teachers lock the classroom doors. I must find him, or I'll flunk." From a poem by Peggy Nadramia Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/> Key C7261095 fingerprint = CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]