Re: Fetchmail error
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:22:41 -0400,
Naitik Shah <naitik@gamebox.net> wrote in message
<[🔎] E1A7ong-00028K-Jq@daaku.ath.cx>:
> I've been using fetchmail for about a week now, and it was working
> fine until yesterday, now one of my pop accounts dies after doing the
> following:
>
> 6.2.4 querying pop.mail.yahoo.com (protocol POP3) at Thu Oct 9
> 23:57:02 2003: poll started fetchmail: POP3< +OK hello from
> popgate(2.23.15) fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
> fetchmail: POP3< -ERR popgate unknown command
> fetchmail: popgate unknown command
> fetchmail: Repoll immediately on username@pop.vip.sc5.yahoo.com
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK hello from popgate(2.23.15)
> fetchmail: POP3> USER username
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK password required.
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop ready, 3 messages (164488 octets)
> (163215 26214400) fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3 164488
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
> 3 messages for username at pop.mail.yahoo.com (164488 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> LIST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3 messages (164488 octets)
> fetchmail: POP3< 1 159656
> fetchmail: POP3< 2 762
> fetchmail: POP3< 3 4070
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop.mail.yahoo.com
>
> Anyone know what's going on or how to fix it?
> Also, I should note that checking it from sylpheed works just fine!
..excellent, use that or mutt to to delete message 1, it's a Swen virus
and you dont wanna download it, and you probably have more in there.
..mutt syntax: 'mutt pop://user:passwd@popserver.at.isp '.
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