On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:16:41PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > > Note that I'm by no means an expert on mail, but anyhow... > > This socket/length error makes me think that something goes wrong > > in the local smtp connection (don't know, just guessing:). > > If so you could try to shortcircuit it a little with the 'mda' option > > set to "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T". This bypasses exim (and the smtp > > socket). This option is a fetchmail 'user' option, so put it in the > > appropriate place after "user ...". Hope this works as a temporary > > solution. > > I don't think the problem is there, my fault for not showing all the > logs... But I was getting errors before it even got to the mail, much > less sorted and downloaded it...
In that case, have you tried a different program to get yoyr mail from your IPS, like mutt's build in pop, or even netscape, just to verify that it's not fetchmail specific? -- groetjes, carel
