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-rw-r--r--NEWS5
-rw-r--r--driver.c115
-rw-r--r--fetchmail.h3
-rw-r--r--fetchmail.man2
-rw-r--r--pop3.c4
5 files changed, 95 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 855dd68c..4cadf2f2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
(The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.)
+* Incorporate SA_LEN patch from Red Hat.
+* HMH's "no spambounce" patch for fetchmaiolconf.
+* John Bartlett's patch to make the driver code more tolerant of flaky POP3
+ servers.
+
fetchmail-5.7.2 (Sun Mar 4 19:05:57 EST 2001), 20167 lines:
* NLS build fixed under Linux -- thanks to Nicolás Lichtmaier.
diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 1fbd992a..275b7760 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -1820,32 +1820,58 @@ const int maxfetch; /* maximum number of messages to fetch */
report(stderr, _("Lock-busy error on %s@%s\n"),
ctl->remotename,
ctl->server.truename);
- else if (ok == PS_AUTHFAIL)
- {
- report(stderr, _("Authorization failure on %s@%s\n"),
+ else if (ok == PS_SERVBUSY)
+ report(stderr, _("Server busy error on %s@%s\n"),
ctl->remotename,
ctl->server.truename);
+ else if (ok == PS_AUTHFAIL)
+ {
+ report(stderr, _("Authorization failure on %s@%s%s\n"),
+ ctl->remotename,
+ ctl->server.truename,
+ (ctl->wehaveauthed ? " (previously authorized)" : " ")
+ );
/*
* If we're running in background, try to mail the
* calling user a heads-up about the authentication
* failure once it looks like this isn't a fluke
* due to the server being temporarily inaccessible.
- * When we get third failure, we notify the user. After
- * that, once we get authorization we let the user know
- * service is restored.
+ * When we get third succesive failure, we notify the user
+ * but only if we haven't already managed to get
+ * authorization. After that, once we get authorization
+ * we let the user know service is restored.
*/
if (run.poll_interval
- && ++ctl->authfailcount == 3
+ && ctl->wehavesentauthnote
+ && ((ctl->wehaveauthed && ++ctl->authfailcount == 10)
+ || ++ctl->authfailcount == 3)
&& !open_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL))
{
+ ctl->wehavesentauthnote = 1;
stuff_warning(ctl,
- _("Subject: fetchmail authentication failed\r\n"));
+ _("Subject: fetchmail authentication failed\r\n"));
stuff_warning(ctl,
- _("Fetchmail could not get mail from %s@%s.\r\n"),
- ctl->remotename,
- ctl->server.truename);
- stuff_warning(ctl, _("\
+ _("Fetchmail could not get mail from %s@%s.\r\n"),
+ ctl->remotename,
+ ctl->server.truename);
+ if (ctl->wehaveauthed)
+ stuff_warning(ctl, _("\
+The attempt to get authorization failed.\r\n\
+Since we have already succeeded in getting authorization for this\r\n\
+connection, this is probably another failure mode (such as busy server)\r\n\
+that fetchmail cannot distinguish because the server didn't send a useful\r\n\
+error message.\r\n\
+\r\n\
+However, if you HAVE changed you account details since starting the\r\n\
+fetchmail daemon, you need to stop the daemon, change your configuration\r\n\
+of fetchmail, and then restart the daemon.\r\n\
+\r\n\
+The fetchmail daemon will continue running and attempt to connect\r\n\
+at each cycle. No future notifications will be sent until service\r\n\
+is restored."));
+ else
+ stuff_warning(ctl, _("\
The attempt to get authorization failed.\r\n\
This probably means your password is invalid, but some servers have\r\n\
other failure modes that fetchmail cannot distinguish from this\r\n\
@@ -1859,34 +1885,55 @@ is restored."));
}
else
report(stderr, _("Unknown login or authentication error on %s@%s\n"),
- ctl->remotename,
- ctl->server.truename);
+ ctl->remotename,
+ ctl->server.truename);
goto cleanUp;
}
else
{
- if (ctl->authfailcount >= 3)
- {
- report(stderr,
- _("Authorization OK on %s@%s\n"),
- ctl->remotename,
- ctl->server.truename);
- if (!open_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL))
- {
- stuff_warning(ctl,
- _("Subject: fetchmail authentication OK\r\n"));
- stuff_warning(ctl,
- _("Fetchmail was able to log into %s@%s.\r\n"),
- ctl->remotename,
- ctl->server.truename);
- stuff_warning(ctl,
- _("Service has been restored.\r\n"));
- close_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL);
+ /*
+ * This connection has given us authorization
+ * at least once.
+ *
+ * There are dodgy server (clubinternet.fr for
+ * example) that give spurious authorization
+ * failures on patently good account/password
+ * details, then 5 minutes later let you in!
+ *
+ * This is meant to build in some tolerance of
+ * such nasty bits of work
+ */
+ ctl->wehaveauthed = 1;
+ /*if (ctl->authfailcount >= 3)*/
+ if (ctl->wehavesentauthnote)
+ {
+ ctl->wehavesentauthnote = 0;
+ report(stderr,
+ _("Authorization OK on %s@%s\n"),
+ ctl->remotename,
+ ctl->server.truename);
+ if (!open_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL))
+ {
+ stuff_warning(ctl,
+ _("Subject: fetchmail authentication OK\r\n"));
+ stuff_warning(ctl,
+ _("Fetchmail was able to log into %s@%s.\r\n"),
+ ctl->remotename,
+ ctl->server.truename);
+ stuff_warning(ctl,
+ _("Service has been restored.\r\n"));
+ close_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL);
- }
- ctl->authfailcount = 0;
- }
+ }
+ }
+ /*
+ * Reporting only after the first three
+ * consecutive failures, or ten consecutive
+ * failures after we have managed to get
+ * authorization.
+ */
+ ctl->authfailcount = 0;
}
}
diff --git a/fetchmail.h b/fetchmail.h
index dff81d18..6c9a4919 100644
--- a/fetchmail.h
+++ b/fetchmail.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
#define PS_DNS 11 /* fatal DNS error */
#define PS_BSMTP 12 /* output batch could not be opened */
#define PS_MAXFETCH 13 /* poll ended by fetch limit */
+#define PS_SERVBUSY 14 /* server is busy */
/* leave space for more codes */
#define PS_UNDEFINED 23 /* something I hadn't thought of */
#define PS_TRANSIENT 24 /* transient failure (internal use) */
@@ -297,6 +298,8 @@ struct query
const char *destaddr; /* destination host for this query */
int errcount; /* count transient errors in last pass */
int authfailcount; /* count of authorization failures */
+ int wehaveauthed; /* We have managed to logon at least once! */
+ int wehavesentauthnote; /* We have sent an authorization failure note */
int wedged; /* wedged by auth failures or timeouts? */
char *smtphost; /* actual SMTP host we connected to */
int smtp_socket; /* socket descriptor for SMTP connection */
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 8663c872..0ac3e451 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -1968,6 +1968,8 @@ a DNS lookup at startup and could not proceed.
BSMTP batch file could not be opened.
.IP 13
Poll terminated by a fetch limit (see the --fetchlimit option).
+.IP 14
+Server busy indication.
.IP 23
Internal error. You should see a message on standard error with
details.
diff --git a/pop3.c b/pop3.c
index 304bec8f..ea3000c1 100644
--- a/pop3.c
+++ b/pop3.c
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ int pop3_ok (int sock, char *argbuf)
/* these are blessed by RFC 2449 */
|| strstr(bufp,"[IN-USE]")||strstr(bufp,"[LOGIN-DELAY]"))
ok = PS_LOCKBUSY;
+ else if ((strstr(bufp,"Service")
+ || strstr(bufp,"service"))
+ && (strstr(bufp,"unavailable")))
+ ok = PS_SERVBUSY;
else
ok = PS_AUTHFAIL;
/*