I couldn't telnet to smtp port 25 before, but now that I've changed that, I still can't retrieve mail...
On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, wtstacey wrote: > I'd like to get fetchmail to retrieve my mail after I login to my ppp > Eventually I want to set up fetchmail with ssh as described in > /usr/doc/fetchmail/FAQ.gz. I tried what's described there with this rc > file: > set logfile .fetchmaillog > poll hostname.org port 1234 via localhost with proto pop3 keep > fetchall: > preconnect "ssh -f -L 1234:hostname.org:110 hostname.org sleep 20 > </dev/null >/dev/null"; I now get this: $ fetchmail -v -v Enter password for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: fetchmail: 4.6.4 querying hostname.org (protocol POP3) at Mon Jun 5 07:45:03 2000 Enter passphrase for RSA key '[EMAIL PROTECTED]': fwd connect from localhost to local port sshdfwd-1234 fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 hostname.org v7.59 server ready fetchmail: POP3> USER USERNAME fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please fetchmail: POP3> PASS * fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 2 messages Waiting for forwarded connections to terminate... The following connections are open: port 1234, connection from localhost port 1024 fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder fetchmail: POP3> STAT fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2 3779 fetchmail: POP3> LIST fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows fetchmail: POP3< 1 1870 fetchmail: POP3< 2 1909 fetchmail: POP3< . fetchmail: 2 messages for USERNAME at hostname.org (3779 octets). fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1 at which point it hangs. Please cc: to me, thanks
