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Re: uh-oh, now what?



On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 11:23:09PM -0700, steph@silvertail.coastalden.net wrote:
> 
> New problem, having to do with mail, specifically the following error from fetchmail: client/server sychronization error while fetching from radiant.net.
> 
> Sendmail is running... i run fetchmail manually, as i like to keep processes down to a dull roar.  I've been doing this since i started using Debian, with no problems until tonight. Now, i seem to be getting fetchmail to read the mail, but it doesn't download it, & won't flush it in spite of the -F tag.
> 
> Pinging the mail server at Radiant goes through just fine...
> 
> Um, ideas anyone? Please?

    Is the mail marked as read? If so, fetchmail -a should do it. It won't
download read mail by default. -v flag should be more informative if that
doesn't help.

    Mike

-- 
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>
"...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount
of nerd-like effort."  -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX



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