Re: Fetchmail Problems

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 06:39:56PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > On 04/16/07 18:33, Michael Pobega wrote:
> >     
> > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 05:57:05PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> > > > On 04/16/07 17:26, 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:
> > > > > 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.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cc to mikepobega@gmail.com if you can, since I'll only be using
> > > > > pobega@gmail.com for SMTP through Mutt.
> > > > >           
> > > > What MTA are you running?
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > ssmtp, as I said in my original message.
> > >       
> > Ah, right.  Sorry.
> >
> > Is ssmtp a daemon?  Maybe you need to restart it.  Have you tried
> > looking in /var/log/mail.log?
> >
> >     
>
> There doesn't seem to be a daemon for it.
>
> What MTA would you recommend in place of it in this case?
>   
ssmtp does NOT have a daemon mode.

From 'aptitude show ssmtp:

Description: extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub
A secure, effective and simple way of getting mail off a system to your 
mail
hub. It contains no suid-binaries or other dangerous things - no mail 
spool to
poke around in, and no daemons running in the background. Mail is simply
forwarded to the configured mailhost. Extremely easy configuration.

WARNING: the above is all it does; it does not receive mail, expand 
aliases or
manage a queue. That belongs on a mail hub with a system administrator.

--
Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com