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Re: Why can't I fetch my mail any more?



On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 04:49:04PM -0500, Michael W. Cole wrote:
> I have fetchmail and have been using fetchmail since I started using
> Debian about two years ago.  I am currently using 6.2.3-6 with
> debian/linux version 2.4.23-1.  I have a .fetchmailrc and I have it
> polling each mail.isp.net.  It uses POP3 proto.  I have my username
> and password.   It will go to the mail.isp.net and tell me how many
> pieces of mail I have there.  But it won't bring the mail home.  I get
> a smpt query status of 10.  I don't know what this means exactly even
> after reading the man file.  I was hoping that someone could put me in
> the right direction as to how to remedy this situation.
> Thank you,
> Michael
> 
Hi Michael,
try running fetchmail with -v or -v -v:
fetchmail -v -v

It will give you a clue as to who is doing what.
Also I use 'script'.
so:
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script
fetchmail -v -v
exit
less typescript
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-Kev

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