Re: fetchmail and exchange 2007

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/22/2009 08:27 AM, tyler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My University just transferred my mail account to MS Exchange 2007. I
> had been accessing my old account via fetchmail, using the following:
>
> poll NON.EXCHANGE.SERVER with proto POP3 and options no dns uidl 
>        user 'MYUSERNAME' there with password 'MYPASSWORD' is 'tyler' here options fetchall
>
> That was fine, but now it doesn't work - from my current .fetchmailrc:
>
> poll exchange.mcgill.ca with proto POP3 and options no dns uidl 
>        user 'MYUSERNAME' there with password 'MYPASSWORD' is 'tyler' here options fetchall
>
> I get the following errors in fetchmailconf:
>
> fetchmail: 6.3.9-rc2 querying exchange.mcgill.ca (protocol POP3) at Thu 22 Jan 2009 10:08:10 AM AST: poll started
> fetchmail: Trying to connect to 132.206.153.2/110...connection failed.
> fetchmail: connection to exchange.mcgill.ca:pop3 [132.206.153.2/110] failed: Connection timed out.
> fetchmail: POP3 connection to exchange.mcgill.ca failed: Connection timed out
> fetchmail: 6.3.9-rc2 querying exchange.mcgill.ca (protocol POP3) at Thu 22 Jan 2009 10:11:19 AM AST: poll completed
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
>
> I've asked google, which gave me a lot of info, most of which I don't
> understand. Can anyone give me some pointers for how to fix this? I'm
> just working with a single laptop here, exchange.mcgill.ca to fetchmail
> to emacs vm for receiving mail, exim to ISP for sending.

If the Uni admins have enabled IMAP, then you need to change the 
proto from POP3 to IMAP4.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html#S2

Don't know if Debian fetchmail has NTLM activated or not.

Your best bet might be to migrate to Evolution.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

"I am not surprised, for we live long and are celebrated poopers."