fetchmail problems

[Alan Jackson]

To answer my own post...

Apparently Caldera's security update for fetchmail included turning on SSL
which my ISP doesn't support. I downloaded the latest version, compiled
without SSL support, and now everything is working. Sigh.

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 12:32:27 -0600
Alan Jackson <ajackson at oplnk.net> 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.
> 
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| alan at ajackson.org          | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,         |
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| Houston, Texas             | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake       |
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