Re: fetchmail timeout

[Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com>]

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 06:35:04PM +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> hi,
> I have the following problem with fetchmail:
>     fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server imap.gmail.com.
>     here is my .fetchmailrc
> 
> 
> set logfile "/data/home/frenkiel/log/fetchmail"
> set pidfile "/data/home/frenkiel/.fetchmail.pid"
> set postmaster "frenkiel"
> set nobouncemail
> set no spambounce
> set properties ""
> set daemon 15
> set invisible
> poll imap.gmail.com with proto IMAP auth password
>      interface enp0s31f6/192.168.1.12/255.255.255.255
>      user 'pierre.frenkiel' there is 'frenkiel' here options fetchall stripcr ssl
> 
>      the password is set in .netrc
> 
> 
>      please reply pierre.frenkiel@gmx.com
> 


Google mail is broken. Consider a decent mail provider instead.

However. Did this ever work? Or are you just trying to set this up?
If you are just setting this up, did you authorize for "less secure"
access to that account?
This is Googles spin to make everyones life miserable.

-H

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