Re: Help Fetchmail Expected Length error?
On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 03:16:41PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote:
> > Note that I'm by no means an expert on mail, but anyhow...
> > This socket/length error makes me think that something goes wrong
> > in the local smtp connection (don't know, just guessing:).
> > If so you could try to shortcircuit it a little with the 'mda' option
> > set to "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T". This bypasses exim (and the smtp
> > socket). This option is a fetchmail 'user' option, so put it in the
> > appropriate place after "user ...". Hope this works as a temporary
> > solution.
>
> I don't think the problem is there, my fault for not showing all the
> logs... But I was getting errors before it even got to the mail, much
> less sorted and downloaded it...
In that case, have you tried a different program to get yoyr mail from
your IPS, like mutt's build in pop, or even netscape, just to verify
that it's not fetchmail specific?
--
groetjes, carel
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