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[fetchmail-users] 2 Fetchmail Questions

[Andrew <and...@gm...>]

Hi,

 I am in the process of setting up ssmtp / mutt / fetchmail and
procmail to read and send email using gmail as a relay. Version of
fetchmail is  6.3.8+SSL+NLS (compiled with ssl support. Can I ask a
few questions about the test run below:

andrew@ilium:~$ fetchmail -v
fetchmail: 6.3.8 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Thu 21 Jun
2007 13:35:01 EST: poll started
Trying to connect to 72.14.253.109/995...connected.
fetchmail: Issuer Organization: Equifax
fetchmail: Unknown Issuer CommonName
fetchmail: Server CommonName: pop.gmail.com
fetchmail: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint:
59:51:61[.....]5:94:BB:44:97:A0:39:D5:B4
fetchmail: pop.gmail.com fingerprints match.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Gpop ready for requests from 210.10.170.80 y25pf2111901pod
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 0
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 300
fetchmail: POP3< X-GOOGLE-VERHOEVEN
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER an[.........]@gmail.com
fetchmail: POP3< +OK send PASS
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Welcome.
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 544
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Not supported
fetchmail: Not supported
fetchmail: POP3> UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3< 1 GmailId1134c589ccc5e979
fetchmail: POP3< .
1 message for andan[.........]@gma...@gm... at pop.gmail.com
(544 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 544
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK message follows
reading message
aan[.........]@gma...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 of 1 (544
octets)
#***** flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK marked for deletion
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Farewell.
fetchmail: 6.3.8 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Thu 21 Jun
2007 13:35:04 EST: poll completed
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0

1. It looks to me as if I have achieved an ssl connection. Is this true?
2. I don't understand the error message in the middle:

fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 544
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Not supported
fetchmail: Not supported

 Is this something I should be addressing?

3. I don't understand 'flushing'? I have set fetchmail to _not_ keep
messages which activates this message but the messages remain on the
gmail server. I suspect that this is a noob question :-)

      Thanks for your trouble,

              Andrew


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Re: [fetchmail-users] 2 Fetchmail Questions

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

On 6/21/07, Andrew <and...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I am in the process of setting up ssmtp / mutt / fetchmail and
> procmail to read and send email using gmail as a relay. Version of
> fetchmail is  6.3.8+SSL+NLS (compiled with ssl support. Can I ask a
> few questions about the test run below:
>
> andrew@ilium:~$ fetchmail -v
>
> 1. It looks to me as if I have achieved an ssl connection. Is this true?

Yes

> 2. I don't understand the error message in the middle:
>
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 544
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Not supported
> fetchmail: Not supported
>
>  Is this something I should be addressing?

No, the error is from GMail and says that GMail's POP3 service doesn't
support the LAST command.

> 3. I don't understand 'flushing'? I have set fetchmail to _not_ keep
> messages which activates this message but the messages remain on the
> gmail server. I suspect that this is a noob question :-)

GMail's POP3 access works a little oddly that way - you configure your
choice in GMail and that overrides any settings you make to your POP3
client.  You've probably got yours at the default still.  Try changing
it to either archive or delete.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] 2 Fetchmail Questions

[Sebastian T. <se...@sm...>]

Quoth Andrew <and...@gm...>:
> I don't understand 'flushing'? I have set fetchmail to _not_ keep
> messages which activates this message but the messages remain on the
> gmail server. I suspect that this is a noob question :-)

Gmail is a little odd in this regard.  There is simply no way to
remove mail from Gmail servers via POP3 but you _can_ choose to have
your messages 'archived' once they have been downloaded via POP3.  For
this to happen the message must not be 'kept' on the server by
fetchmail, i.e., don't put 'keep' in your poll stanza.  If you do,
Gmail doesn't consider them downloaded and doesn't archive them, i.e.,
they remain in your Inbox.

HTH,

Sebastian

Re: [fetchmail-users] 2 Fetchmail Questions

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Sebastian Tennant schrieb:
> Quoth Andrew <and...@gm...>:
>> I don't understand 'flushing'? I have set fetchmail to _not_ keep
>> messages which activates this message but the messages remain on the
>> gmail server. I suspect that this is a noob question :-)
> 
> Gmail is a little odd in this regard.  There is simply no way to
> remove mail from Gmail servers via POP3 but you _can_ choose to have
> your messages 'archived' once they have been downloaded via POP3.  For
> this to happen the message must not be 'kept' on the server by
> fetchmail, i.e., don't put 'keep' in your poll stanza.  If you do,
> Gmail doesn't consider them downloaded and doesn't archive them, i.e.,
> they remain in your Inbox.

Could we use this, perhaps with slight modifications (more precisely, the
"delete" setting in GMail that Rob suggested), for the fetchmail FAQ?

I'm not a Google mail user, so I haven't seen any of this myself, and don't
feel comfortable with editing such a section.

Thanks.

Best regards
Matthias

[fetchmail-users] Fwd: 2 Fetchmail Questions

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

For everybody's info.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andrew <and...@gm...>
Date: Jun 21, 2007 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [fetchmail-users] 2 Fetchmail Questions
To: Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...>


On 6/21/07, Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> On 6/21/07, Andrew <and...@gm...> wrote:
[....]
>
> > 3. I don't understand 'flushing'? I have set fetchmail to _not_ keep
> > messages which activates this message but the messages remain on the
> > gmail server. I suspect that this is a noob question :-)
>
> GMail's POP3 access works a little oddly that way - you configure your
> choice in GMail and that overrides any settings you make to your POP3
> client.  You've probably got yours at the default still.  Try changing
> it to either archive or delete.

 Yes it was exactly as you described. I can only apologise for missing
such an obvious setting! All working perfectly now.

              Thanks,

                   Andrew


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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fwd: 2 Fetchmail Questions

[Andrew <and...@gm...>]

On 6/21/07, Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> For everybody's info.

[.....]

Doh!!!!! Remember: Reply to _all_!!

          Apologies,

            Andrew


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