Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail is running slow on Mac OS X

[Stéphane L. <ste...@lu...>]

Am 02.01.2006 um 16:38 schrieb Rob Funk:

> Stéphane Lux wrote:
>> fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.2.5 daemon
>> fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying ... (protocol IMAP) at Sat, 31 Dec 2005
>> 03:03:13 +0100 (CET): poll started
>>
>> Then nothing happens for about one minute  (timout?), then fetchmail
>> ist running normaly:
>
> Normally delays of a minute or two indicate a DNS problem somewhere.

What kind of DNS problem? Server or client? I can telnet to the port  
143 without a delay.


>> On my linux server it takes only a few seconds for fetchmail to check
>> the mail accounts? What can I do? Is it a DNS or IDENT problem? I'm
>> using a NAT router.
>
> Ah, ident could be a possibility too, depending on the server  
> software, but
> DNS is more likely.
>
> As the other Rob recommended, first try fetchmail 6.3.1 from
> http://fetchmail.berlios.de/.  If that doesn't help let us know.

I have tried fetchmail 6.3.1. I still have the one minute delays for  
setting up a connection:

mac-mini:~/Desktop root# ./fetchmail -Nv -f /var/root/.fetchmailrc
fetchmail: WARNING: Running as root is discouraged.
fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.3.1 daemon
fetchmail: 6.3.1 querying *** (protocol IMAP) at Mon, 02 Jan 2006  
22:56:38 +0100 (CET): poll started
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LOGIN-REFERRALS STARTTLS  
AUTH=LOGIN] *** IMAP4rev1 2003.339 at Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:57:37 +0100  
(CET)
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