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[fetchmail]Authorization failure

2001-03-19 18:38:34
Short one: fetchmail exits with an "Authorization failure on ...", "Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)" from two different servers, one using both POP3 and IMAP.

Long one:
"Oh my, one of the most stable and reliable piece of software of my system stopped to work. Now I have only Emacs and TeX to believe in."

Debian Woody with some Sid and some Ximian GNOME.
fetchmail 5.7.5-1 .deb
exim (was masqmail)

This is fetchmail release 5.7.5+NTLM+SDPS+NLS
Linux popocatepetl 2.2.18-ide #1 Thu Dec 21 22:31:30 EST 2000 i686 unknown

My hand-made .fetchmail --but the problems are the same using a fetchmailconf generated file:
poll "SERVER" with protocol AUTO
   user "USER", with password "PW", is "giovanni" here

I have 7 mailbox on 5 different servers.
fetchmail started to give me some problems on "tiscalinet.it".

fetchmail: 5.7.5 querying pop.tiscalinet.it (protocol POP3) at Tue Mar 20 01:25:43 2001 fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server ready (5.5.015.5) <D6CEBC4C9DDC549E97B0E6E1B54225D7ABA73E61(_at_)mail(_dot_)tiscalinet(_dot_)it>
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3<  CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION NPLEX-Global-5.5.015.5
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< + PDRBODYzNEQ4QzM3MDRDNkM5RkJCODMxRDlENEFFNDI0OTQ3MUVBQ0ZAbWFpbC50aXNjYWxpbmV0Lml0Pg== fetchmail: decoded as <4A8634D8C3704C6C9FBB831D9D4AE4249471EACF(_at_)mail(_dot_)tiscalinet(_dot_)it>
fetchmail: POP3> bWVub3plcm8gZGMzNGRkNGI2MzYwMjczOGYwZTU5NzBmN2U5NDBjNTk=
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR invalid user or password
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection
fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

User and Password are right, Mozilla and Balsa can get the mail just fine.
Now also "libero.it" stopped to work. Not every time, just half the time.

fetchmail: 5.7.5 querying popmail.libero.it (protocol POP3) at Tue Mar 20 01:25:53 2001 fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server ready (5.5.025) <B445DD3016D65DF9624531B5638EE6FF240218ED(_at_)pop1(_dot_)libero(_dot_)it>
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3<  CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION NPLEX-Global-5.5.025
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< + PDhDMkJFQkEwRjZCRTkwQzAxOUFBRUU4N0Y3NjM4RDMwMkFBNEZGNzFAcG9wMS5saWJlcm8uaXQ+ fetchmail: decoded as <8C2BEBA0F6BE90C019AAEE87F7638D302AA4FF71(_at_)pop1(_dot_)libero(_dot_)it>
fetchmail: POP3> bWVub3plcm8gODAxYTUxZDhhZGQ4N2JiZmIwODJlNjM4NzgzOTA1NTM=
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR invalid user or password
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection
fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

Also using IMAP:

fetchmail: 5.7.5 querying popmail.libero.it (protocol auto) at Tue Mar 20 01:25:58 2001 fetchmail: 5.7.5 querying popmail.libero.it (protocol IMAP) at Tue Mar 20 01:25:58 2001
fetchmail: IMAP< * OK IMAP4 server ready (5.5.022)
fetchmail: IMAP> A0001 CAPABILITY
fetchmail: IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS IDLE LOGIN-REFERRALS NAMESPACE QUOTA CHILDREN AUTH=CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: IMAP< A0001 OK capabilities listed
fetchmail: Protocol identified as IMAP4 rev 1
fetchmail: IMAP> A0002 AUTHENTICATE CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: IMAP< + PDc5RDVFMDlBMkY4MDM2QzY0RjM0M0I3OEQzMUNDODdENkU3MjZGQTJAcG9wMy5saWJlcm8uaXQ+ fetchmail: decoded as <79D5E09A2F8036C64F343B78D31CC87D6E726FA2(_at_)pop3(_dot_)libero(_dot_)it> fetchmail: IMAP> d2hpdGVzcGFjZSAyNDcwODM2OTAxMzllZTRmZTM4M2M3MTBjMDUwZmQ0YQ==
fetchmail: IMAP< A0002 NO invalid user or password
fetchmail: IMAP> A0003 *
fetchmail: IMAP> A0004 LOGOUT
fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 BAD unrecognized IMAP4 command
fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE disconnecting
fetchmail: IMAP< A0004 OK LOGOUT complete
fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

Yes, also in this case login/password are correct; Mozilla (for example) works.

I have no control over these servers (they serve two of the 3 biggest ISPs in Italy), but I can give you more information if you need it. And I can phone and write if their CRAM-MD5 is bogus...

Thanks,
(so lazy to hope that the solution is just "wait and apt-get")
g.






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