Re: Fetchmailrc--parse error

[Gary Turner <kk5st@sbcglobal.net>]

Gary Turner wrote:

>Rob Weir wrote:
>
>>On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 05:34:59PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
>>> Rob Weir wrote:
>>> 
>>> >On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:17:37AM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
>[...]
>>> >>  Now I'm back to "couldn'y find canonical DNS name for
>>> >> pop.sbc... normal termination, status 11"  From the manual:
<big snip here>
>
>Since I *can* access my ISP's POP server using my normal mail client in
>Windows, I'm going to say this is most likely something as stupid as a
>typo :(  

Well, SON OF A BI... Everything about SBC is dot net.  Even the
nameservers are dot net.  But the smtp and pop servers are dot com.  No
wonder it wouldn't resolve.

Thanks to Shyamal Prasad for noticing the syntax error in the config.  I
wish he had noticed the dot com thing too :)  And Rob, I wish your arms
had been long enough to reach out from Oz and thump me behind the ear.

PEBKAC
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