Re: [Fetchmail-users] Migrating from 6.3.24 to 6.4.38

[Dennis P. <da...@be...>]

On 10/26/2025 2:50 PM, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Oct 2025, Dennis Putnam via Fetchmail-users wrote:
>
>> I have fetchmail (6.3.24) running on CentOS 7 and am moving it to 
>> Ubuntu fetchmail (6.4.38). I thought the move would be pretty much 
>> seamless but was wrong. Apparently there are differences in the 
>> fetchmailrc file that I am not understanding. I am using it for 
>> gmail. Here is a sanitized portion of my fetchmailrc:
>>
>> *set logfile "/var/log/maillog"
>> set postmaster "mailman"
>> set bouncemail
>> set no spambounce
>> set properties ""
>> defaults:
>>         timeout 240
>> poll pop.gmail.com
>>         proto POP3
>>         user "uuu...@gm..."
>>         is uuuuuuuuu
>>         password 'kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkr'
>>         preconnect "echo `date '+%b %d %H:%M:%S'` uuuuuuuuu"
>>         ssl
>>         nokeep
>>         fetchall
>
>> Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected.
>>
>> *At this point it seems to hang and does not proceed to the next 
>> mailbox.
>> Can someone help me fix my fetchmailrc? TIA.
>
> I think (but am not sure) that the problem may be with your local mail
> server (MTA - probably postfix or exim) rather than fetchmail.
> I would look in the logs for that.
>
Hi Andrew,

You were exactly right. I never would have made that connection myself. 
Thanks.