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From: Rob M. <rob...@gm...> - 2007-01-04 08:40:59
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On 1/3/07, Thomas Isenbarger <is...@ch...> wrote:
> I am still having problems with fetchmail and my 3 mail servers. I
> have read the Retrieval Failure Modes section of the fetchmail man
> page, but I still cannot solve my problem. I was able to use nmap to
> determine that the servers I am polling are all pop3, so the issues
> with pop2 listed in that section of the man page are not relevant.
You obviously missed the FAQ about the information needed :-) I'd
point you at the online one, but currently the people that host the
fetchmail website are off the air.d
> Do you have any other advice for using nmap to troubleshoot this?
You're over complicating the solution, honestly.
> Any other suggestions?
Yeah, read the man page :)
> Below is my original message describing the problem. In short, I
> receive all mail from the the 2 problematic servers every time I poll
> them. I only want to receive unread mail.
Try the UIDL option (as specified in the description of the "keep"
keyword in the man page).
> I check my mail from a number of computers, and I want all my mail to
> be available to all the computers, but have each computer only
> download the mail that is new for that particular computer (but which
> I may have read on another one already)
UIDL is the *ONLY* way forwards if you're using POP. Without it then
the server tracks state, which isn't what you want. Quoting the man
page:
| (Keyword: uidl) Force UIDL use (effective only with POP3).
| Force client-side tracking of 'newness' of messages (UIDL stands
| for "unique ID listing" and is described in RFC1939). Use with
| 'keep' to use a mailbox as a baby news drop for a group of
| users.
> defaults
> no fetchall
This is already a fetchmail default, there's no need to specify it.
> poll server1
> protocol pop3
For a (2 line) shorter .fetchmailrc you may as well specify pop3 as
the default protocol since all your remote servers use it.
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Rob MacGregor
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
doesn't become a monster. Friedrich Nietzsche
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