Re: [Fetchmail-users] gmail timeout using IMAP

[Joe Acquisto-j. <jo...@j4...>]

>Checked that "less secure" apps was still enabled.  Did find some "security 
> warnings" about suspicious access attempts and approved them.  That did not 
> resolve the issue.
>>
>> Many indications on the web that gmail is particularly reluctant to play 
> nice with others.
>>
>> FWIW there are several accounts defined in the same fetchmailrc file at 
> another provider that work just fine in the same fetch cycle.
> 
> If Ralph's answer (try ssl) doesn't help, we're at the point where it
> boils down to the canned answer, please provide output per
> <https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3> and mask your
> passwords. Generally I'd say, however, that a timeout < 30 s might be
> fraught with problems.
> 

Well . . . oops?  Don't know how I  missed the port issue.  At some point the 
"ssl" option was deleted from the user line.   

That resolved the connection failure.      Working after a few fetch cycles and
chasing a gmail issue.   The  ssl fingerprint seems to change, seemingly with what
IP it happens to connect.

While I do find almost immediate response when connecting (human eyeball time)
I set the timeout to 30 for the moment.

Thanks for the assistance, I'll look into improving the ssl business.

joe a.