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fetchmail

  • 27-04-2004 06:45PM
    #1
    king_of_inismac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭


    ok,
    having a little trouble setting up fetchmail.
    Im trying to get my college mail from home.
    I know other guys can do it, other than that I wouldnt have thought it possible.

    My .fetchmailrc file is as follows:

    poll "beacon.nuigalway.ie" # tell fetchmail where to look
    protocol IMAP # we use the IMAP-protocol
    username "my_college_username" # who am i ?
    password "my_college_password" # passwords
    mimedecode # automaticaly deal with mime (attachements)
    mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %s" # tell fetchmail which MDA to use

    When i run fetchmail i get the following error:

    fetchmail: Authorization failure on *******@beacon.nuigalway.ie
    fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

    I've tried chaning the protocol to pop3, and that gives me a socket error..


    any ideas much appreciated,

    king


Comments

  • #2
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Originally posted by king_of_inismac
    fetchmail: Authorization failure on *******@beacon.nuigalway.ie
    fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)
    Sure the username and password are right?

    adam


  • #3
    king_of_inismac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭king_of_inismac


    ya, there right


  • #4
    fragile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭fragile


    What version of fetchmail are you using?

    Try launching fetchmail with

    --auth password

    instead of having your password in .fetchmailrc. I think there is an issue with this in versions 5.6.8 or higher that gives an error like you described


  • #5
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,780 ✭✭✭niallb


    fetchmail -v -v
    will give you more information and should point to you
    where things are going wrong.
    It certainly looks username/password/hostname related,
    but look out for TLS or SSL errors.
    Your ssl protocol may be incompatible with the server.
    Try in turn:
    fetchmail -v -v --sslproto ssl2
    fetchmail -v -v --sslproto ssl3
    fetchmail -v -v --sslproto tls1

    Add the word
    keep
    to your fetchmailrc just in case,
    and then try removing the mda line.

    Good luck,
    NiallB


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