Fetchmail problems

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 01 August 2006 12:44, jdow wrote:
> From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk>
>
> > I'm fairly sure that I have seen it when a browser can still operate.  It
> > would have to be a momentary loss, I think.  I will check again, next
> > time I get the problem.
>
> If you are using POP3 then you can manually test quite easily.
>
> telnet <hostname> pop3
> <wait for prompts>
> user cannewilson
> <wait for prompt>
> pass <your password>
> <wait for confirmation prompt>
> list
> <admire the list of messages>
> quit
>
> If THAT works then the fetchmail should, too, if you use the right
> parameters.
>
Finally it happened while I was actually sitting at my desk.  After 2 minutes 
I still hadn't got a connection, so I guess it's Tiscali that has a problem.

Anne
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