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Re: fetchmail error



Hello,

On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 07:15:32PM -0400, addiction wrote:
> 
> i was wondering if anyone had any idea what this error means. i never had
> any problem with mail retreival until recently (nothing has been changed on
> this end).
> 
> Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change recognition modes. <-- what
> exactly does that mean?
> 
> here's the error message/s:
> 
> fetchmail: 5.3.4 querying polbox.com (protocol POP3) at Mon, 01 May 2000
> 19:12:25 -0400 (EDT)
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK QPOP (version 2.53-rw991029) at free.polbox.pl
> starting.
> fetchmail: POP3> USER xxxxxx
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for countess.
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS *

Wonder where the "+OK" is that should be here ?

> fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change
> recognition modes.

Not sure, but seems as if server is not liking password.

> fetchmail: Unable to process From lines (envelopes), change recognition
> modes.
> fetchmail: Authorization failure on xxxxxxx@polbox.com

Fetchmail calls it an "Authorization failure".  Looking at fetchmail
source file:
             <fetchmail/source>/driver.c  around line 1600

seems to indicate failure of password authenticate.   My version
of fetchmail is 5.2.0.  

Just a guess - if your password has not become invalid for some
reason perhaps the server has switched authentication protocols?

> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: authorization error while fetching from polbox.com
> fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

Have you tried to telnet to the server ? :

	telnet free.polbox.pl 110

and enter:

	user yourusername
	pass yourpass

and see if you get anything helpful.


Not much help - sorry.

Robert
> 
> 
> TIA,
> 
> addi
> 
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