The problem observed may be due to problems with path MTU discovery,
induced by overly restrictive firewalls.
As a solution, try to play around a bit with mru and mtu parameters.
On 2000-02-10 09:25:07 +0100, Jan Ludewig wrote:
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:25:07 +0100
> From: Jan Ludewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: fetchmail
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.1.2i
>
> On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 11:11:45PM +0000, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> > mike irwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > run "fetchmail" at the command prompt, it just hangs up on
> > > downloading the first message, and i have to kill it or else it just
> > > tries to keep running. fetchmail logs in to the server okay,
> > Ask this in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Try running fetchmail -v -v to get a detailed log
> For a quick hack try to connect via telnet on port 110 to your pop-server
> and manually delete the first message (DELE 1). Then try it again.
> It won't fix the problem but it might help you to fetch the other mails.
>
> Jan
>
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