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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 526e04b3..29cc7807 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ messages but before deleting them</a><br/> <a href="#R9">R9. Fetchmail is timing out during message fetches</a><br/> <a href="#R10">R10. Fetchmail is dying with SIGPIPE.</a><br/> <a href="#R11">R11. My server is hanging or emitting errors on CAPA.</a><br/> +<a href="#R12">R12. Fetchmail isn't working and reports getaddrinfo + errors.</a> <h1>Hangs and lockups:</h1> <a href="#H1">H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.</a><br/> @@ -2502,6 +2504,23 @@ errors on CAPA.</a></h2> declaration <tt>auth password</tt> in your .fetchmailrc.</p> <hr/> +<h2><a id="R12" name="R12">R12. Fetchmail isn't working and reports + getaddrinfo errors.</a></h2> +<ol><li>Make sure you haven't mistyped the host name or address, and that + your DNS is working. If you cannot fix DNS, give the numeric host + literal, for instance, 192.168.0.1</li> + <li>Make sure your <code>/etc/services</code> file (or other + services database) contains the necessary service entries. If you + cannot fix the services database, use the --port option and give the + numeric port address. Common port addresses + are:<table> + <tr><th>service</th><th>port</th></tr> + <tr><td>IMAP</td><td>143</td></tr> + <tr><td>IMAP+SSL</td><td>993</td></tr> + <tr><td>POP3</td><td>110</td></tr> + <tr><td>POP3+SSL</td><td>995</td></tr> +</table></li></ol> +<hr/> <h2><a id="H1" name="H1">H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.</a></h2> |