Re: [fetchmail-users] SMTP connect error with fetchmail under Cygwin

[Jason T. <ja...@ti...>]

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 02:39:06PM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 5/14/07, Kyle Contreras-Barbour <kyl...@gm...> wrote:
> > There isn't anything around that other than nearly identical "start
> > queue run" and "end queue run" lines.  Based on your comments here
> > and the addition of 'mda "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T"' to my
> > .fetchmailrc I'm guessing that I'm not actually using exim.
> 
> I suspect you're right, which makes diagnosing this more difficult (I
> don't know if there is any way to get logging info out of procmail).

You can enable verbose procmail logging by adding "VERBOSE=yes" to the
command line:

    mda "/usr/bin/procmail VERBOSE=yes -d %T"

> [snip]
> > fetchmail: about to deliver with: /usr/bin/procmail -d 'snoutwood'
> > #<snip 250+ lines of asterisks>
> > fetchmail: socket error while fetching from kyl...@gm...
> > @pop.gmail.com
> <---SNIP--->
> 
> That suggests a problem with the communication with the remote host
> (ppp.gmail.com).

Agreed.  However, can you try this from a non-Cygwin host (e.g., Linux)
to rule out a Cygwin specific problem?

Jason

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