fetchmail-users

[fetchmail-users] RE: Fetchmail error!

[deven b. <dev...@gm...>]

 Devendra Barhate.
Pune.
 Sub: I'm getting error "Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)" while using
fetchmail-6.2.0-3
 Dear Friends,
 I have installed redhat 9.0 with fetchmail-6.2.0-3 on P4 system.
 While fetchmail starts it gives me an error no 3 i.e.Query status=3
(AUTHFAIL)
or bad login .
 Have look at follwing logs messages..
  fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying somemailserver.com
<http://somemailserver.com/>(protocol POP3) at Sun 13 Nov 2005
06:33:52 PM IST: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 accord1.ads4globe.net<http://accord1.ads4globe.net/>
v2003.83rh server ready
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows:
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 180
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< SASL PLAIN LOGIN
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows:
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 180
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< SASL PLAIN LOGIN
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER us...@so...
fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please
fetchmail: POP3> PASS
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Bad login
fetchmail: Bad login
fetchmail: Authorization failure on us...@so...
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Sayonara
fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying somemailserver.com
<http://somemailserver.com/>(protocol POP3) at Sun 13 Nov 2005
06:36:18 PM IST: poll completed

Now the thing is I can access the mails through webmail over the internet
with same USERNAME and PASSWD.
 then why fetchmail is not able to fetch the mails?
  Awaiting for reply.
 Thanking you,
 Deven.

Re: [fetchmail-users] RE: Fetchmail error!

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

On 13/11/05, deven barhate <dev...@gm...> wrote:
> fetchmail: POP3> USER us...@so...
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS
> fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Bad login
> fetchmail: Bad login
> fetchmail: Authorization failure on us...@so...
> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Sayonara
> fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying somemailserver.com (protocol POP3) at Sun 13 Nov
> 2005 06:36:18 PM IST: poll completed
>
> Now the thing is I can access the mails through webmail over the internet
> with same USERNAME and PASSWD.
>
> then why fetchmail is not able to fetch the mails?

Have you tried using just "user" (dropping "@somemailserver.com")? 
Are there any special (ie not A-Z, a-z or 0-9) characters in your
password?

Finally, try the latest version of fetchmail, 6.2.0 is old and has a
number of known security issues.  You should either be on 6.2.5.2 or
the latest 6.3.0 release candidate.

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