The fetchmail command (using either fetchmail demon or plain fetchmail) fails
to deliver mail into my mail box -- I have to resort to using mozilla-mail
to get my mail.
I have a simple two-user system with the following characteristics:
Linux 2.2.20; Debian3.0; Fetchmail 6.2; Exim MTA; mutt MUA.
PC with AMD 400mhz chip; 196meg ram; 8 gig HD; Award BIOS.
My .fetchmailrc file reads as follows: poll myisp with proto IMAP user "user"
with password "password"
When I use the "fetchmail" command, I get a rewarding first two lines, namely;
xx messages for sam at wdn.com
reading message sam(_at_)wdn(_dot_)com:1 of xx (yyyy header octets)
which after 300 seconds terminates with the following error messages:
Socket error while delivering to SMTP host via wdn.com
Query status=2 (SOCKET)
I do not understand what the "socket" is and how to troubleshoot the problem.
I'd really appreciate any specific advice.
sam