From 35e413ed7ee7088e6e6e72e7173250135a1b6fe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 15:36:00 +0000 Subject: Added new R1. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1536 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 520fd96d..e7985fd0 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?

Runtime fatal errors:

-R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.
-R2. When I try to configure an MDA, fetchmail doesn't work.
-R3. Fetchmail dumps core when given an invalid rc file.
-R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.
-R5. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.
-R6. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.
+R1. Fetchmail's initial gethostbyname call fails on my host.
+R2. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.
+R3. When I try to configure an MDA, fetchmail doesn't work.
+R4. Fetchmail dumps core when given an invalid rc file.
+R5. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.
+R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.
+R7. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.

Disappearing mail

@@ -1035,7 +1036,14 @@ As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP server that isn't brain-dead.

-

R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.

+

R1. Fetchmail's initial gethostbyname call fails on my host.

+ +This is probably due to a DNS or NIS misconfiguration. The first +thinh to do is check your /etc/hosts file for duplicate or missing +entries related to your host.

+ +

+

R2. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.

Fetchmail itself is probably working, but your SMTP port 25 listener is down or inaccessible.

@@ -1084,7 +1092,7 @@ linked only if it is actually needed. So under Linux it won't be, and this particular cause should go away.

-

R2. When I try to configure an MDA, fetchmail doesn't work.

+

R3. When I try to configure an MDA, fetchmail doesn't work.

(I hear this one from people who have run into the blank-line problem in X1.)

@@ -1115,7 +1123,7 @@ href="http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/order/ftp.html">mirror site will help you get it faster.

-

R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.

+

R5. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.

We've had this reported to us under Linux using libc-5.4.17 and gcc-2.7.2. It does not occur with libc-5.3.12 or earlier versions.

@@ -1131,7 +1139,7 @@ fetchmail code (they're all from within fclose, and not an fclose called by fetchmail, either).

-

R5. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.

+

R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.

We have a report that under Solaris 2.5 using gcc-2.7.2, if fetchmail is compiled with -O or -O2, it segfaults on startup when reading a @@ -1145,7 +1153,7 @@ corruption screw. But the symptom doesn't reproduce under Linux with the same .fetchmailrc and .netrc.

-

R6. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.

+

R7. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.

We have one report from a Solaris 4.1.4 user that trying to run fetchmail in detached daemon mode doesn't work, but that using the @@ -1617,7 +1625,7 @@ will look right.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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