Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail Socket error on a satellite connection

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

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On 4/12/07, Ben Jsh <be...@po...> wrote:
> Dear Rob,
>
> On the adsl line the same box works fine.

So we've ruled out fetchmail as the cause/source, again.

> And if they use outlook on the satellite it works fine so they say it is the fetchmail.

A sign of people not willing to look into the problem :)

It could be:

1) Windows network tuning is different, so it handles the asymmetry better
2) Outlook silently reconnects and you never know there was a problem
3) Something else

> The -vvv
> gives me:
>
<---SNIP--->
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from

Network/communication failure, nothing fetchmail can do (assuming
you've not snipped too much - it would be better if you were to
replace what you're cutting out with, say, xxxx so we know where
you've removed stuff).

Somebody probably needs to look at the network settings of your (I'm
guessing) Linux box, (you haven't said) vs those of the Windows box.
They also want to do lots of packet capture and see what happens
when/if the connection dies on Outlook.

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