[fetchmail]Re: fetchmail 6: ssh-Tunnel results in "bind: Address already

On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 05:49:59PM +0200, Markus Amersdorfer wrote:
>   #####
>   poll localhost  port 10110  protocol pop3  username max is max
>   password "wont-tell-you" keep preconnect "/usr/bin/ssh -f -C -x -L
>   10110:pop3-A:110 max(_at_)ssh-A /bin/sleep 10"
>
>   poll localhost  port 10111  protocol pop3  username mamers is max
>   password "wont-tell-you" keep preconnect "/usr/bin/ssh -f -C -x -L
>   10111:pop3-B:110 mamers(_at_)ssh-B /bin/sleep 10"
>   #####
>
> While for the first account everything works perfectly fine, when
> fetchmail is run for the second account, I always get the following
> error:
Do you run this after the first fetch is complete?

>   bind: Address already in use
>   channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 10111
>   Could not request local forwarding.
This error message seems to come from the SSH client. What happens when
you try to run each preconnect command in succession on the command
line?

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gram