Re: fetchmail timeout
On 3/29/20, tomas@tuxteam.de <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> 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
>
> If I followed correctly, you're trying to access gmail at
> the "traditional" imap port (that's 143). There is nobody
> there answering the calls. Try imaps (i.e. 993), either through
> fetchmail's option "-P 993" or "--service imaps".
>
> Perhaps you'll have to play with options --ssl (and possibly
> with --sslproto, although that's improbable). See manpage.
>
> And, oh, I agree with the others. Try to avoid Google as
> your mail provider.
Poking my nose in again. I CC'd on this one because (I think I
remember) there being that request. I'm WAY behind on everything so
just now found this that had bounced back in response:
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FROM: postmaster@outlook.com<postmaster@outlook.com> Sun, Mar 29, 2020
at 3:08 PM
TO: ButterflyBytes
Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:
*******@******
Your message wasn't delivered. Despite repeated attempts to deliver
your message, the recipient's email system refused to accept a
connection from your email system.
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Message went on to say I should try a phone, yada, grin. To the OP who
started this, maybe playing around with multiple email addresses is
throwing a kink in things?
OR NOT.
Decided it should be mentioned since this was just found.
Please be safe out there, everyone................
PS As an afterthought, my Gmail has been just a tiny bit "hinky"
today. Takes several refreshes for pages to load after they....
*timeout* in Firefox ESR browser. Seemed also worth noting. :)
Cindy.....
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Cindy-Sue Causey
Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA
* runs with a fresh refresh of birdseed *
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