fetchmail-users

[fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Error Message

[Gerard S. <ge...@se...>]

FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE
Postfix-2.4-20061019
Fetchmail release 6.3.5+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.

I have just updated to the latest version of Fetchmail. Prior to this
update, Fetchmail had run flawlessly. Unfortunately, it now appears to
be suffering some problems.

This is a truncated version of my /var/log/maillog:

Nov  5 00:01:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4441 octets).
Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4441 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 00:16:43 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (6285 octets).
Nov  5 00:16:43 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (6285 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 00:16:43 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 00:47:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (5580 octets).
Nov  5 00:47:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (5580 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 00:47:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:02:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 3 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (13809 octets).
Nov  5 01:02:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 3 (4207 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:02:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:17:42 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 3 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (13385 octets).
Nov  5 01:17:42 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 3 (5074 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:17:42 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:17:52 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for bee...@sp... at pop.spamcop.net (2679 octets).
Nov  5 01:17:52 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message bee...@sp...@pop.spamcop.net:1 of 1 (2679 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:17:52 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:17:53 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for gerard-seibert at mail.comcast.net (25369 octets).
Nov  5 01:17:53 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@ma...:1 of 1 (25369 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:17:53 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:32:58 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 3 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (13104 octets).
Nov  5 01:32:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 3 (4710 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:32:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 01:33:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for bee...@sp... at pop.spamcop.net (2682 octets).
Nov  5 01:33:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message bee...@sp...@pop.spamcop.net:1 of 1 (2682 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 01:33:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 02:18:43 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (3063 octets).
Nov  5 02:18:44 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (3063 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 02:18:44 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 02:33:58 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (10698 octets).
Nov  5 02:33:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (5862 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 02:33:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 02:49:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4368 octets).
Nov  5 02:49:14 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4368 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 02:49:14 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 03:19:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for gerard-seibert at mail.comcast.net (53903 octets).
Nov  5 03:19:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@ma...:1 of 1 (53903 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 03:19:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 03:35:56 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (3871 octets).
Nov  5 03:35:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (3871 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 03:35:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 03:36:05 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for gerard-seibert at mail.comcast.net (19008 octets).
Nov  5 03:36:05 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@ma...:1 of 1 (19008 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 03:36:05 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 03:51:11 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (9056 octets).
Nov  5 03:51:12 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (9056 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 03:51:12 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 04:06:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4897 octets).
Nov  5 04:06:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4897 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 04:06:26 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 04:21:41 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 4 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (19228 octets).
Nov  5 04:21:41 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 4 (5159 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 04:21:41 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 04:21:45 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 4 messages for ger...@gm... at pop.gmail.com (19278 octets).
Nov  5 04:21:45 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 4 (5171 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 04:21:45 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 04:36:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ger...@gm... at pop.gmail.com (5227 octets).
Nov  5 04:36:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (5227 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 04:36:59 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 05:07:24 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (8169 octets).
Nov  5 05:07:25 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (3921 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 05:07:25 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 05:22:40 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 5 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (19922 octets).
Nov  5 05:22:40 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 5 (5131 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 05:22:40 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 05:37:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 4 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (17748 octets).
Nov  5 05:37:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 4 (3556 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 05:37:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 05:53:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (9826 octets).
Nov  5 05:53:14 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (4913 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 05:53:14 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 06:08:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 5 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (23260 octets).
Nov  5 06:08:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 5 (2371 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 06:08:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 06:23:45 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (17912 octets).
Nov  5 06:23:46 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (4209 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 06:23:46 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 06:39:00 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 3 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (11760 octets).
Nov  5 06:39:01 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 3 (3766 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 06:39:01 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 06:54:18 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (9014 octets).
Nov  5 06:54:19 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (4093 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 06:54:19 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:09:33 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (56827 octets).
Nov  5 07:09:34 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (56827 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:09:34 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:24:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4189 octets).
Nov  5 07:24:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4189 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:24:48 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:24:56 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for bee...@sp... at pop.spamcop.net (3328 octets).
Nov  5 07:24:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message bee...@sp...@pop.spamcop.net:1 of 1 (3328 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:24:57 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:40:04 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (6122 octets).
Nov  5 07:40:05 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (6122 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:40:05 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:40:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for bee...@sp... at pop.spamcop.net (3638 octets).
Nov  5 07:40:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message bee...@sp...@pop.spamcop.net:1 of 1 (3638 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:40:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:56:20 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (7768 octets).
Nov  5 07:56:20 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (4798 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:56:20 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 07:56:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for bee...@sp... at pop.spamcop.net (3542 octets).
Nov  5 07:56:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message bee...@sp...@pop.spamcop.net:1 of 1 (3542 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 07:56:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 08:11:36 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (5639 octets).
Nov  5 08:11:36 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (2187 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 08:11:36 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 08:26:53 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4127 octets).
Nov  5 08:26:54 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4127 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 08:26:54 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 08:42:12 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 2 messages for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (8244 octets).
Nov  5 08:42:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 2 (3922 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 08:42:13 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
--
Nov  5 08:42:22 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 5 messages for gerard-seibert at mail.comcast.net (23670 octets).
Nov  5 08:42:22 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ger...@ma...:1 of 5 (5275 octets) (log message incomplete)
Nov  5 08:42:22 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.


It does not appear that I am losing any mail. However, all of the
accounts are not setup as of yet. Once the system is fully functional, I
cannot afford to have any problems.

As I previously stated, I never experienced any problems with the older
version of Fetchmail. Since that is the only thing that I have updated
in a few weeks, this problem has to be related to that update.


-- 
Gerard
ge...@se...


Ah, SASL, the dark side of authentication it is.
Yes, tempting, easy - but ultimately destroy you it will!
But fear the path of misconfiguration, you should!

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Error Message

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 11/5/06, Gerard Seibert <ge...@se...> wrote:
> FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE
> Postfix-2.4-20061019
> Fetchmail release 6.3.5+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.
>
> I have just updated to the latest version of Fetchmail. Prior to this
> update, Fetchmail had run flawlessly. Unfortunately, it now appears to
> be suffering some problems.
>
> This is a truncated version of my /var/log/maillog:
>
> Nov  5 00:01:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4441 octets).
> Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4441 octets) (log message incomplete)
> Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
<---SNIP--->
> It does not appear that I am losing any mail. However, all of the
> accounts are not setup as of yet. Once the system is fully functional, I
> cannot afford to have any problems.
>
> As I previously stated, I never experienced any problems with the older
> version of Fetchmail. Since that is the only thing that I have updated
> in a few weeks, this problem has to be related to that update.

Looks like you've got "localhost" resolving via IPv6 but your SMTP
server isn't listening on IPv6 (and you really only needed to post one
copy of the error :>).

You'll want to either configure postfix to listen on IPv6 or give
fetchmail a hostname that only has an IPv4 address.

This may only have come to light as a result of some of the IPv6 fixes
mentioned in the fetchmail change log.

-- 
                 Please keep list traffic on the list.

Rob MacGregor
      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
        doesn't become a monster.                  Friedrich Nietzsche

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Error Message

[Gerard S. <ge...@se...>]

On Sunday November 05, 2006 at 04:17:43 (PM) Rob MacGregor wrote:

> Looks like you've got "localhost" resolving via IPv6 but your SMTP
> server isn't listening on IPv6 (and you really only needed to post one
> copy of the error :>).
> 
> You'll want to either configure postfix to listen on IPv6 or give
> fetchmail a hostname that only has an IPv4 address.
> 
> This may only have come to light as a result of some of the IPv6 fixes
> mentioned in the fetchmail change log.


OK, I will disable IPv6 support, reboot the system and see what
transpires. I don't need it anyway. I just never bothered to turn it off.

Thanks!

-- 
Gerard

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Error Message

[<cr...@zm...>]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 03:28:34PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE
> Postfix-2.4-20061019
> Fetchmail release 6.3.5+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.
> 
> I have just updated to the latest version of Fetchmail. Prior to this
> update, Fetchmail had run flawlessly. Unfortunately, it now appears to
> be suffering some problems.
> 
> This is a truncated version of my /var/log/maillog:
> 
> Nov  5 00:01:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4441 octets).
> Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4441 octets) (log message incomplete)
> Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.

you can't connect to postfix
try another mda in fetchmai and see if it works

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Error Message

[Gerard S. <ge...@se...>]

On Monday November 06, 2006 at 12:39:21 (PM) cron wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 03:28:34PM -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> > FreeBSD 6.1 STABLE
> > Postfix-2.4-20061019
> > Fetchmail release 6.3.5+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.
> > 
> > I have just updated to the latest version of Fetchmail. Prior to this
> > update, Fetchmail had run flawlessly. Unfortunately, it now appears to
> > be suffering some problems.
> > 
> > This is a truncated version of my /var/log/maillog:
> > 
> > Nov  5 00:01:28 scorpio fetchmail[734]: 1 message for ge...@se... at pop.gmail.com (4441 octets).
> > Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: reading message ge...@se...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (4441 octets) (log message incomplete)
> > Nov  5 00:01:29 scorpio fetchmail[734]: connection to localhost:smtp [::1/25] failed: Connection refused.
> 
> you can't connect to postfix
> try another mda in fetchmai and see if it works


I have already corrected the problem. It seems that the new version of
Fetchmail treats IPv6 differently than the older version. I simply
disabled IPv6 on my system and the problem went away. There is no reason
to use IPv6 presently anyway. It really only exists in a lab.

The developers of Fetchmail might want to investigate this further
though.

-- 
Gerard