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fetching mail from Netvision [logs attached]
Hi, it's my turn to ask a stupid question ;-)
I have a weird problem trying to fetch my mail (with fetchmail) from
Netvision. Here is the set up: at home I have a Pentium with 2
versions of RH Linux: RH5.2 running kernel 2.0.35, and RH6.0 running
(normally) 2.2.10. The problem is with the latter. Up front: the RH5
system, and also the machines at the office that I tried, work fine -
details below. When I run fetchmail (versions, rc file, and other
details below) at home on RH6.0, it apparently detects and scans the
mailbox, but fails to synchronize with the server, times out, and dies
with status=7. After that, the mailbox stays locked for some time
(subsequent attempts to run fetchmail from this or other machines
return status=9), then it returns to normal and I can fetch my mail
from my old system or from my office machines without a problem.
To summarize:
My office RH4.2/2.0.33 with fetchmail 5.0.3 works fine.
My office RH6.0/2.2.5-15 with fetchmail 5.0.7-1 works fine.
My home RH5.2/2.0.35 with fetchmail 4.5.3 works fine.
My home RH6.0/2.2.10 with fetchmail 5.0.4 or 5.0.7-1 or 4.5.3 (from
the old system) fails. It also fails with kernel 2.2.5-15 that comes
from RH. PPP 2.3.7 if it matters. Sample fetchmail -v -v logs are
attached.
I am always behind our office firewall, with the only difference that
from home I have a PPP connection, while at the office I am on the
LAN. While it is conceivable that the firewall does something wrong
with my connection from home, everything is fine when I switch to
RH5.2 at home (again, it's the same computer). Everything is also fine
for a RH6.0 machine at the office. Can there be anything special about
the combination of a PPP connection to the firewall from RH6.0? [Our
sysadm is on this list, too - this is for him ;-)]
I don't administer the office computers or the firewall, only my home
system. Looks like something is misconfigured, but at this point I
have no idea what.
Maybe someone here (any Netvision people around?) can look at the logs
and point me in the direction to look? What can be the problem?
Thanks a lot in advance.
--
Oleg Goldshmidt goldshmt@netvision.net.il
BLOOMBERG L.P. (BFM) oleg@bfr.co.il
"Life's not fair, but the root password helps." [S.Travaglia]
############### ~/.fetchmailrc (same on all systems) ################
# to fetch mail from Netvision
server mail.netvision.net.il protocol pop3
user goldshmt, with password ******** and fetchall, is oleg here
############### fetchmail -v -v logs #################################
### All the logs are from my home RH6.0 - the only one that fails
### They are all similar, so maybe they are redundant. These are
### different versions of fetchmail, so I give you a complete sample
### in this sense
######################################################################
############### fetchmail 5.0.4 log ####################
fetchmail: 5.0.4 querying mail.netvision.net.il (protocol POP3) at Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:18:24 +0300 (IDT)
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 [194.90.1.105] v7.60 server ready
fetchmail: POP3> USER goldshmt
fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 6 messages
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 6 34920
6 messages for goldshmt at mail.netvision.net.il (34920 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows
fetchmail: POP3< 1 2078
fetchmail: POP3< 2 2493
fetchmail: POP3< 3 5024
fetchmail: POP3< 4 9684
fetchmail: POP3< 5 12636
fetchmail: POP3< 6 3005
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2078 octets
reading message 1 of 6 (2078 octets)
About to rewrite Sender: "Nahum Greenberg" <green@pf1.co.il>
Rewritten version is Sender: "Nahum Greenberg" <green@pf1.co.il>
About to rewrite From: Nahum Greenberg <green@pf1.co.il>
Rewritten version is From: Nahum Greenberg <green@pf1.co.il>
About to rewrite To: green@pf1.co.il
Rewritten version is To: green@pf1.co.il
About to rewrite Sender: linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il
Rewritten version is Sender: linux-il-bounce@cs.huji.ac.il
fetchmail: timeout after -1073744768 seconds waiting for listener to respond.
fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from mail.netvision.net.il
fetchmail: Query status=7
fetchmail: normal termination, status 7
fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
############### fetchmail 5.0.7 log ############################
#### I sent a test mail to myself - it was the only one in the mailbox
####################################################################
fetchmail: 5.0.7 querying mail.netvision.net.il (protocol POP3) at Sun, 29 Aug 1999 21:47:58 +0300 (IDT)
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 [194.90.1.6] v7.60 server ready
fetchmail: POP3> USER goldshmt
fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 555
1 message for goldshmt at mail.netvision.net.il (555 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows
fetchmail: POP3< 1 555
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 555 octets
reading message 1 of 1 (555 octets)
About to rewrite From: Oleg Goldshmidt <goldshmt@netvision.net.il>
Rewritten version is From: Oleg Goldshmidt <goldshmt@netvision.net.il>
About to rewrite To: goldshmt@netvision.net.il
Rewritten version is To: goldshmt@netvision.net.il
fetchmail: timeout after 134693936 seconds waiting for listener to respond.
fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from mail.netvision.net.il
fetchmail: Query status=7
fetchmail: normal termination, status 7
fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
############ fetchmail 4.5.3 log ###########################
### the same lone test message from myself - tried the old
### fetchmail that works fine on the RH5.2 system
############################################################
fetchmail: 4.5.3 querying mail.netvision.net.il (protocol POP3) at Sun Aug 29 23:01:28 1999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 [194.90.1.6] v7.60 server ready
fetchmail: POP3> USER goldshmt
fetchmail: POP3< +OK User name accepted, password please
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox open, 1 messages
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 555
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Mailbox scan listing follows
fetchmail: POP3< 1 555
fetchmail: POP3< .
1 message for goldshmt at mail.netvision.net.il (555 bytes).
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 555 octets
reading message 1 of 1 (555 bytes)
fetchmail: timeout after -1073744800 seconds waiting for listener to respond.
fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from mail.netvision.net.il
fetchmail: Query status=7
fetchmail: normal termination, status 7
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