Just now fetchmail worked quickly again. SMTP was also speedy (it was very slow also). I suspect the problem was at my ISP. I suspect that possibly fetchmail does a DNS lookup while getmail does not and something was causing a delay in the response from my ISP's nameserver.
Bob On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 10:22:29AM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > I have similar problems with version 5.5.3. It seems to run fine with a low > number of messages, but does not handle larger volumes well. I have log > output very similar to yours. It looks to me as though it is waiting for > confirmation from the server, while the server is waiting for some additional > information. > > * Bob Nielsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > With the latest woody version of fetchmail (5.9.0-4), fetchmail hangs > > when trying to retrieve a message. This just started a few days ago > > after an upgrade. I tried manually retrieving a message and also tried > > getmail and was able to retrieve messages normally. Here is a script > > of what transpired: > <snip> > > Cam > > -- > Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. > >From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen IOTA NA-065, USI WA-028S
