RE: fetchmail??

["Bill Neuman" <wneuman1 twcny rr com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marco Shaw [mailto:marco nbnet nb ca]
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 7:45 PM
> To: redhat-list redhat com
> Subject: Re: fetchmail??
>
>
>
> > Have been setting up fetchmail to go out and pick up mail from one pop3
> > server.
> > When I enter fetchmail -c I get this:
> >
> > fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop01.ny.us.ibm.net failed: host
> is unknown
> >
> > Where have I ommitted something? Is this a DNS thing? When I ping
> > pop01.ny.us.ibm.net, it works fine from the linux machine.
>
> Try 'telnet pop01.ny.us.ibm.net 110' to see if you can get to it properly.
> Now, as far as I understand things, sendmail must also be running and
> configured properly so that fetchmail sends the mail to you properly.  Do
> you know if you have sendmail configured?
>
> Marco

Yes...telnetting into the pop01 server worked fine. Now sendmail is another
story. I know its installed but not sure if its configured properly. Wheres
the first place I should check?

Bill