Am 19.10.19 um 18:00 schrieb richardkimber--- via Fetchmail-users:
> I have just upgraded from Ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10 and I find that
> fetchmail is unable to retrieve emails from the POP3 server. The log
> suggests it's an SSL problem, but I don't have the technical knowledge
> to fix it. The log says:
>
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> fetchmail: awakened by User defined signal 1
> fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.4.0.rc4 daemon
> fetchmail: mail.btinternet.com: upgrade to TLS failed.
> fetchmail: Unknown login or authentication error on
> <user>@bti...@ma...
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from
> <user>@bti...@ma...
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
>
> I gather that my provider supports ssl but not startttls, but I have
> no idea what that means.
>
> I'd really appreciate some guidance on what to do.
Richard,
A quick workaround seems to be that you add --ssl to the command line,
or ssl to the rcfile - that way, fetchmail connects to the TLS-wrapped
port, which seems to work for me.
HTH for you too,
Matthias
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