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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeed.nacamar.de!nntp.uio.no!news.kth.se!not-for-mail From: Tom Backman <tom@alex.stacken.kth.se> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: fetchmail problem Date: 25 May 1997 21:53:30 +0200 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <lyak9knfhvp.fsf@alex.stacken.kth.se> References: <33888352.17AE@postoffice.ptd.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: alex.stacken.kth.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41600 >I'm using FreeBSD 2.2.1R from the CDROM. Although fetchmail seems to >connect to the mail server okay, it fails to connect and aborts with >exit code 9 when trying to retrieve the first message. Any help would be >appreciated. > >Here is my .fetchmailrc (with passwords altered): > >poll postoffice.ptd.net protocol POP3 timeout 600 > user tms2 pass ******** is tms > user ccei pass ******** is tms [Stuff snipped for clarity] >reading message 1 (1908 bytes)fetchmail: SMTP connect failed This means that it wasnt able to connect to the sendmail on your machine. It uses your local sendmail to deliver the messages, unless you tell it otherwise. If you dont have a sendmail or similar mailhandler running, you need to tell fetchmail to not use smtp. / Tom