Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail socket error.

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

On 3/24/06, Ernst Verhaar <e.v...@vi...> wrote:
> 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

Communication failure with 212.204.236.251

> Fetchmail 6.2.5 on an very old Slackware distro runs perfectly.
> (different machine, same and different internet provider).
<---SNIP--->
> ----- Question ----
> Could this be a fetchmail error? Or is it a combination between a
> specific Distribution and a specific fetchmail version?
> --------------------

Does 6.3.2 work from the Slackware box?  If so it suggests a problem
with the FC4 boxes.

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