fetchmail problems

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 12:32:27PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote:
>I'm having an e-mail problem.
>
>I have DSL, and Col 3.1.1. I've been running successfully for a long time, and
>now things are beginning to fail.
>
>Early this week I lost phone service for a few days, and during that time,
>I had to reboot my system because it got hung (for unknown reasons).
>
>I had used the Caldera updater to get a new version of fetchmail back in
>January - but I don't think I restarted it until the reboot.
>
>Yesterday I could download e-mail from my ISP, today I can't. The fetchmail
>log looks like this :
>
>$ fetchmail -v -v  -f .fetchmailmylinux
>fetchmail: 6.1.0 querying 216.39.194.16 (protocol POP3) at Fri 28 Feb 2003 12:19:26 PM CST: poll started
>fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 www.mylinuxisp.com v2001.78rh server ready
>fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows:
>fetchmail: POP3< TOP
>fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 180
>fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
>fetchmail: POP3< STLS
>fetchmail: POP3< USER
>fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN
>fetchmail: POP3< .
>fetchmail: POP3> STLS
>fetchmail: POP3< +OK STLS completed
>fetchmail: SSL connection failed.
>fetchmail: Authorization failure on ajackson at 216.39.194.16
>fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
>fetchmail: 6.1.0 querying 216.39.194.16 (protocol POP3) at Fri 28 Feb 2003 12:19:26 PM CST: poll completed
>fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)
>fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
>fetchmail: normal termination, status 3
>fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
>
>What is this SSL thing, and why am I suddenly getting this? I'm completely
>mystified, don't even know where to look.

SASL/SSL provides for secure authentication instead of sending usernames
and passwords over the link in clear text.  It appears that your ISP has
changed their authentication requirements.

Bill
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