[fetchmail-users] Fetchmail socket error.

[Ernst V. <e.v...@vi...>]

Hi All,

I have some troubles with fetchmail. Fetchmail dies every time with a 
socket error:

fetchmail: IMAP< * 1 FETCH (BODY[TEXT] {375012}
 (375012 body octets) 
******************.***************.*********************.**********
**********.***************.***************fetchmail: socket error while 
fetching from vid_dbmanta@212.204.236.251
fetchmail: 6.3.2 querying 212.204.236.251 (protocol IMAP) at Fri Mar 24 
16:30:12 2006: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)

According to the FAQ, I should set the MTU to 552. This doesn't help.
I tried fetchmail versions 6.2.5.2 (included in Suse 10) and fetchmail 
6.3.2 (builded on Suse 10) On the same machine. I also tried fetching 
the same emailbox on a different machine Fedora Core 4 (fetchmail 
6.2.5.5). And on a Fedora Core 4 machine at a different 
Internetprovider. I get the same error everytime...

Fetchmail 6.2.5 on an very old Slackware distro runs perfectly. 
(different machine, same and different internet provider).

The host with is being contacted is a FreeBSD running both dovecot and 
imap-uv (different port).

----- Question ----
Could this be a fetchmail error? Or is it a combination between a 
specific Distribution and a specific fetchmail version?
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I am happy to provide additional information and access to the 
host-machine running dovecot and imap-uv, if this is needed.

Kind regards,

Ernst