Good thinking. I did try fetchmail -v but it didn't give me any info for
some reason.
Using netcat solves the problem perfectly. Thanks.
Just for the record the working command is:
poll server proto POP3 plugin "ssh -C user(_at_)remotehost nc localhost 110"
user xxxxx there with password pppppp is yyyyyy here
Jakob Hirsch wrote:
David Williams wrote:
when I run the ssh command in the shell I get a pop3 session. However
when I run the fechmail command it simply returns to the shell prompt.
fetchmail -v ist a good start for troubleshooting...
telnet prints "Trying 127.0.0.1..." to STDOUT at startup, which confuses
fetchmail, as this is not a valid pop3 server greeting. You could use
netcat for what you want. Or see if the remote pop3 server has a mode to
run form inetd, which you could use. Or simply use pop3s, if possible.
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