Re: fetchmail problem?
On 27 Jul, Lindsay Allen wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Jul 1997, Victor Torrico wrote:
>
>> reading message 1 (2857 bytes)
>> fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed: Unknown error
>> 18446744073709551615
>> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
>> fetchmail: POP3< -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from milo.cfw.com:
>> Unknown error 18446744073709551615
>> fetchmail: normal termination, status 9
>> vtorrico$
>
> The way I read it fetchmail is working fine as is your IPS's POP3
> daemon. The problem is with SMTP at your end.
>
> Do you have an entry in /etc/inetd.conf like:-
> smtp stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /usr/sbin/in.smtpd
>
> What happens when you telnet to localhost 25?
>
> Check that localhost resolves to 127.0.0.1.
>
Hi,
I had the same problem. The solution was to enter -S localhost as a
additional option to fetchmail.
I can telnet localhost 25 fine and type in a mail manualy and I can
resolve localhost. So I don't know why this doesn't work without -S
localhost.
However, it works, so I am happy with it :-)
Ciao,
Martin
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