On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 06:26:28PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > I'm having trouble fetching my mail with fetchmail. All it does it say: > > ================================================================== > > 9 messages for pobega@gmail.com at pop.gmail.com (36283 octets). > reading message pobega@gmail.com@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 9 (2984 > octets).. > fetchmail: connection to localhost:smtp [127.0.0.1/25] failed: fetchmail grabs the mail from POP and passes it to your MTA on localhost using the loopback device (i think that's how it works) and your MTA isn't answering on port 25. > Connection timed out. > fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from > pobega@gmail.com@pop.gmail.com and delivering to SMTP host localhost > fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP) > Press any key to continue... > > ================================================================== > > I have no idea what could be wrong. As you can tell SMTP is working fine > (Under SSMTP), so I have no idea why fetchmail isn't working. ? I'm not sure what you mean here, but it looks to me like smtp is NOT working on lo interface. Can you telnet port 25 and ge tit to respond? A > > Cc to mikepobega@gmail.com if you can, since I'll only be using > pobega@gmail.com for SMTP through Mutt. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > >
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