fetchmailconf problem

["Thomas H. George,,," <georgeacct@spininternet.com>]

Test configuration fails with the message: "fetchmailrc:6; parse error 
at 123456" where 123456 is the password for the account.  From the man 
page the 6 might refer to a permission problem but parse error suggests 
to me that an all numeric password may not be allowed.  If the latter is 
the problem is there a way around this or must I have the service 
provider change my password?