I am having problems using fetchmail with my pop3 account. Whenever a
large message is in my mailbox, fetchmail is unable to retrieve it.
Here is a log transcript:
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-serv.anet.net Hello localhost.anet.net [127.0.0.1],
pleased to meet you
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DELIVERBY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: forwarding to localhost
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<anyonel(_at_)anywhere(_dot_)net> SIZE=2448330
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <anyonel(_at_)anywhere(_dot_)net>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<smmsp(_at_)localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <smmsp(_at_)localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds.
fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from
pop.ahost.net
fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR)
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
I tried a longer timeout but I get the same result. Fetchmail seems
to hang on this request; I can't see anything being downloaded on the
modem lights. The insulting part is that Outlook can get this message
without any problem! I am running fetchmail on FreeBSD 4.5 and my mail
distribution agent is sendmail 8.12.
Any toughts?
Normand Leclerc
leclercn(_at_)videotron(_dot_)ca