Re: fetchmail: socket error while fetching from mail server

From: bpn (bpn_at_nomailforme.com)
Date: 11/04/04 

Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:57:18 -0600

At the bottom of this message I have posted what the log looks like when it
is not working.

> OK, using fetchmail -d 600 -L /var/log/mail -v does give me a bunch of
stuff
> in the log file. The names and addresses have been changed to protect the
> innocent ;-)
>
> 999.999.999.999 replaces the ip address of the mail server
> mail.server.com replaces name of mail server
> mailuser is the first email account checked
> anotheruser is the second email account checked.
>
>
> fetchmail: starting fetchmail 6.2.5 daemon
> fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
> 13:35:19 2004: poll started
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.server.com (IMail 6.06
320726-7)
> fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
> fetchmail: POP3< TOP
> fetchmail: POP3< USER
> fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
> fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
> fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 120
> fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
> fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 30 USER
> fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
> fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Ipswitch_IMail_5.0
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
> fetchmail: POP3< + PDkxMDMuMTAwMjQwNTMxMkBuZXdpbWFpbDE0Pg==
> fetchmail: POP3> bmVpbWFuIDlkNjZmM2I5MWU5N2FlNmQ4ZDZiN2M3YTlkOTljMGMx
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop locked and ready
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0
> fetchmail: No mail for mailuser at 999.999.999.999
> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 Server saying Good-Bye
> fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
> 13:35:23 2004: poll completed
> fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
> 13:35:23 2004: poll started
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.server.com (IMail 6.06
320728-3)
> fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
> fetchmail: POP3< TOP
> fetchmail: POP3< USER
> fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
> fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
> fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 120
> fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
> fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 30 USER
> fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
> fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Ipswitch_IMail_5.0
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
> fetchmail: POP3< + PDIwMjI1LjEwMDI0MDg3MThAbmV3aW1haWwxND4=
> fetchmail: POP3> bHVja3kgN2ExOWNlYTc3NzE0OGZhODA4YzdmZDEyNTcyZWYxNTU=
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop locked and ready
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0
> fetchmail: No mail for anotheruser at 999.999.999.999
> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 Server saying Good-Bye
> fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
> 13:35:26 2004: poll completed
> fetchmail: sleeping at Thu Nov 4 13:35:26 2004
> Again, it works for a while, then stops working. I can post what the log
> shows when it stops working.
>
>
>

This is the log file output when it is not working.

fetchmail: awakened at Thu Nov 4 13:45:26 2004
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
13:45:26 2004: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.server.com (IMail 6.06 321069-2)
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 120
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 30 USER
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Ipswitch_IMail_5.0
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< + PDI0MTU4LjEwMDMwMTIwMDBAbmV3aW1haWwxND4=
fetchmail: POP3> bmVpbWFuIDVkMmZlODBjNDExYThjNzRiMjI4MTQ0MWI5ZTJlMzY4
fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop locked and ready
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 7672
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
fetchmail: 1 message for mailuser at 999.999.999.999 (7672 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 7672
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 7672 octets
fetchmail: reading message mailuser@999.999.999.999: 1 of 1 (7672 octets)
Nov 4 13:45:30 linux007 postfix/smtpd[5235]: warning: dict_nis_init: NIS
domain name not set - NIS lookups disabled
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhostname.localdomain.com ESMTP Postfix
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-localhostname.localdomain.com
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 10240000
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VRFY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<s-5574-47313-e@s-1021-5725-i.pidup.com>
SIZE=7672
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<mailuser@localhost>
Nov 4 13:45:30 localmachinename postfix/smtpd[5235]: connect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 4 13:45:30 localmachinename postfix/smtpd[5235]: AB9B71C0F3:
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
fetchmail: socket error while fetching from 999.999.999.999
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
13:45:30 2004: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
13:45:30 2004: poll started
Nov 4 13:45:30 localmachinename postfix/smtpd[5235]: lost connection after
DATA from localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 4 13:45:30 localmachinename postfix/smtpd[5235]: disconnect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 4 13:45:30 localmachinename postfix/cleanup[5238]: AB9B71C0F3:
message-id=<200411041441234.SM00369@c5.onlinedom.com>
fetchmail: POP3< +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server mail.server.com (IMail 6.06 321072-2)
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 120
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 30 USER
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Ipswitch_IMail_5.0
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< + PDQ5MTMuMTAwMzAxNjEyNUBuZXdpbWFpbDE0Pg==
fetchmail: POP3> bHVja3kgZThmNWJiMzM0NzUzZGU2MGU5NWQzYjMzMDM5ODI0ZjE=
fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop locked and ready
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0
fetchmail: No mail for anotheruser at 999.999.999.999
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 Server saying Good-Bye
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying 999.999.999.999 (protocol POP3) at Thu Nov 4
13:45:34 2004: poll completed
fetchmail: sleeping at Thu Nov 4 13:45:34 2004
It has now stopped working, and will not receive any new mail.Check out the
socket errors, and the postfix errors that occur after.

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