Re: [Fetchmail-users] Fetchmail on new Devuan Beowulf fails where old version works.

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 On 28.03.21 20:22, Matthias Andree wrote:
> There are two ways out here for you:
> 
> 1. The good one is adding "ssl". That makes fetchmail connect to
port
> 995 and talk TLS right away (SSL-wrapped or TLS-wrapped mode) and is
> what I'd recommend.

That worked fine, so no need for the bad one. :-) 

> 2. The bad one, and I shall clearly discourage that, is adding
> nosslcertck (this defeats man-in-the-middle eavesdropping
protection).
> 
> > In about 30 years of fetchmail use, I've completely forgotten what
it
> > is tohave an email fetch issue. This is quite novel.
> 
> Thanks for the honors for ESR, but fetchmail is only 25 years old
and 
> even with popclient it's not sure we get to 30. ;-) 

Yes, 12 yrs in last job, 12 yrs retired, so it's 24 tears tops that
I've
used fetchmail, on reflection. Just finished a 2 year rural off-grid
owner-build last Monday - that makes everything beforehand seem
further
in the past, I kid you not. 

Many thanks for the fix. I would not have guessed that turning SSL on
would make the problem go away, but can see it now, I'll make notes.

Erik