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Re: [fetchmail]Fetchmail and CAPA bug

2004-04-05 03:16:52
Nicolas Mailhot <Nicolas(_dot_)Mailhot(_at_)laPoste(_dot_)net> writes:

2. Second isp : infinite loop

fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying pop.wanadoo.fr (protocol POP3) at Sat Apr  3
00:11:26 2004: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK connected to pop3 proxy on mwinf1004
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR unknown command
fetchmail: unknown command
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on 
Nicolas(_dot_)Mailhot(_at_)pop(_dot_)wanadoo(_dot_)fr
fetchmail: POP3< +OK connected to pop3 proxy on mwinf0203
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA

This looks bogus. What compiler was your fetchmail compiled with?
Is your RAM ok? (Is that ECC RAM or have you run memtest86 recently on a PC?)

I poll servers, too, that will not support CAPA, but fetchmail will not
retry a CAPA command on them:

fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying pop.t-online.de (protocol POP3) at Mon Apr  5 
12:16:59 2004: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK T-Online POP3 Server fpopd ready.
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Command not supported.
fetchmail: Command not supported.
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on XXXXXXXXXXXX(_at_)pop(_dot_)t-online(_dot_)de
fetchmail: POP3< +OK T-Online POP3 Server fpopd ready.
fetchmail: POP3> USER XXXXXXXXXXXX
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Ok.
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Ok.
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2 3019
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Command not supported.
fetchmail: Command not supported.
fetchmail: POP3> UIDL
...
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK closing.
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying pop.t-online.de (protocol POP3) at Mon Apr  5 
12:17:00 2004: poll completed
fetchmail: normal termination, status 1

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Matthias Andree

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