[techtalk] qmail, fetchmail, and POP3

[Subba Rao]

On  0, srl <slandrum at cs.smith.edu> wrote:
> 
> What I've done so far:
> 
> -configured fetchmail (I think) properly to check the POP3 box, but it
> won't connect. It's supposed to be logging into maple.he.net as
> localjoe.org/srl. Here's what I get in my /var/log/maillog:
> 
> Apr 15 14:40:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: starting fetchmail 5.1.0 daemon  
> Apr 15 14:40:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: 5.1.0 querying maple.he.net
> (protocol APOP) at Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:40:33 -0400 (EDT) 
> Apr 15 14:45:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: timeout after 300 seconds waiting
> to connect to server maple.he.net. 
> Apr 15 14:45:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: client/server synchronization
> error while fetching from maple.he.net 
> Apr 15 14:45:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: Query status=7 
> Apr 15 14:45:33 trinity fetchmail[924]: fetchmail: sleeping at Sat, 15 Apr
> 2000 14:45:33 -0400 (EDT) 
> 
> 
> So what am I doing wrong? I've looked at all the fetchmail help I can
> find. 
> 
> I read some docs somewhere that implied I needed a local MTA running, so
> fetchmail could deliver mail to my local account. I decided to kill off
> sendmail and install qmail, which I've been meaning to do for a while, I'm
> having arcane troubles with that also--- something about it not wanting to
> alias mail aimed at srl at localjoe.org to srl at trinity. Do I need a local
> MTA, and if so where should I look for info on configuring qmail to do
> what I need?
> 

It looks like your POP server is down. Do a ping and see if you get a response.

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