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aaronminute · Post by **aaronminute** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 3:43 am

Hey, I am having the weirdest problem with my email. Kmail works fine with a similar configuration but fetchmail does not like anything. Fetchmail works fine with everything except when it tries to download the email. My email server is completely POP3. Heres the config then the output:

----Fetchmail Config----
set postmaster "aaron"
set bouncemail
set no spambounce
set properties ""
poll earthlink.net with proto POP3
user 'aaronmeyer' there with password 'xxxxxxxx' is 'aaron' here
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----Fetchmail's Output----
fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying earthlink.net (protocol POP3) at Thu Sep 12 20:33:40 2002: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK NGPopper vEL_4_16 at earthlink.net ready <22864.1031887931@scaup>
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3< user
fetchmail: POP3< pass
fetchmail: POP3< top
fetchmail: POP3< uidl
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER aaronmeyer
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK aaronmeyer has 1 messages (843 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 843
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
1 message for aaronmeyer at earthlink.net (843 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3< 1 843
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message aaronmeyer@earthlink.net:1 of 1 (843 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< test
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from earthlink.net
fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying earthlink.net (protocol POP3) at Thu Sep 12 20:33:45 2002: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
fetchmail: normal termination, status 10
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Thanks for anything. I have a feeling this is easier than I think.

grakker · Post by **grakker** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 4:10 am

Try changing

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 user 'aaronmeyer' there with password 'xxxxxxxx' is 'aaron' here

to

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 user 'aaronmeyer' there with password 'xxxxxxxx' is 'aaron' here options fetchall

aaronminute · Post by **aaronminute** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:49 pm

I changed the settings, but nothing changed. Exact same problem.

Post by **Naan Yaar** » Fri Sep 13, 2002 1:00 pm

This:

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fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed

seems to be the offending line. You need to run an SMTP server like postfix or specify an MDA for fetchmail to work. This thread may help. There are many others that will show up with a search with something like "fetchmail" and "postfix", e.g.

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