Hi all again!
Still got no response from anyone ...
I got the "temporary name server error" again, this time without "Too
many open files".
Again restarting fetchmail solved the problem.
Thanks, Richard
from /var/log/fetchmail:
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:40:57 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:41:05 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.onlinehome.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May
31 22:41:09 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.puretec.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:41:12 2001
fetchmail: 3 messages (3 seen) for pt7568469-0001 at pop.kundenserver.de
(12790 octets).
fetchmail: skipping message 1 (7276 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message 2 (2764 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message 3 (2750 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:56:16 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:56:23 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.onlinehome.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May
31 22:56:28 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.puretec.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
22:56:31 2001
fetchmail: 3 messages (3 seen) for pt7568469-0001 at pop.kundenserver.de
(12790 octets).
fetchmail: skipping message 1 (7276 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message 2 (2764 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: skipping message 3 (2750 octets) not flushed
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:11:35 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:11:42 2001
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.onlinehome.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May
31 23:11:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.onlinehome.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.puretec.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:11:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.puretec.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:26:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.gmx.net failed: temporary name server
error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:26:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.gmx.net failed: temporary name server
error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.onlinehome.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May
31 23:26:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.onlinehome.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.puretec.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:26:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.puretec.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:41:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.gmx.net failed: temporary name server
error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.gmx.net (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:41:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.gmx.net failed: temporary name server
error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.onlinehome.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May
31 23:41:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.onlinehome.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 5.8.4 querying pop.puretec.de (protocol POP3) at Thu May 31
23:41:47 2001
fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop.puretec.de failed: temporary name
server error.
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
etcetera
--
Richard Ems
... e-mail: r(_dot_)ems(_at_)gmx(_dot_)net
... Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Hamburg
Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.