Re: Fetchmail Problem!!!!
"tuxsom" == tuxsom <somu> writes:
tuxsom> Hi Friends, I am getting this error when I run fetchmail.
tuxsom> "socket error while fetching from mail.rediff.com"
tuxsom> What should I do?
It sounds like you should call tech support. I notice that the host
does not respond to pings, and I can't connect to the pop3 port. Try
these commands below.
Cheers!
Shyamal
shyamal@rattler:~$ telnet mail.rediff.com pop3
Trying 202.54.124.154...
Trying 203.199.83.5...
Trying 203.199.83.131...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.5
PING 203.199.83.5 (203.199.83.5): 56 data bytes
--- 203.199.83.5 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 202.54.124.154
PING 202.54.124.154 (202.54.124.154): 56 data bytes
--- 202.54.124.154 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
shyamal@rattler:~$ ping 203.199.83.131
PING 203.199.83.131 (203.199.83.131): 56 data bytes
--- 203.199.83.131 ping statistics ---
41 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
shyamal@rattler:~$ dig mail.rediff.com
; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> mail.rediff.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 38124
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 8, ADDITIONAL: 8
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;mail.rediff.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 202.54.124.154
mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 203.199.83.5
mail.rediff.com. 21600 IN A 203.199.83.131
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