Topic: POP3 not collecting

[Laurence Goodman]

Using s-smith 4.1 with a dial up modem I want to collect from mail form a POP3 server located at my ISP.

So far, I can browse the WWW, send e-mail but cannot get the system to retrieve e-mail.

Settings under Email Retrieval:

Email Retrieval Mode:   Multidrop
Delegate Mail Server:       Also tried IP address of the ISP's POP 3 server
Secondary Mail Server:  IP address of the ISP's POP 3 server
POP User account:      Account name (without @company.xxx)
POP user password:    Password

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[Michael Maxwell]

If you are ok with using the command line internet "Unix" try this

in you root directory "/root/" make a file called .fetchmailrc "pico /root/.fetchmailrc"

In this file edit this code and save it

######################################################

  poll mail.yourisp.net.au with proto POP3 # see command "man fetchmail"

    user ispusername there with password isp_password is localusername
    here options
    flush fetchall
    smtphost mail.host.net.au

# Makes fetchmail poll - 20 min or 1200 seconds
set daemon 1200

######################################################

# Onec you have done this... At the command line: "fetchmail"

Thanks, Michael

[J-L Boers]

Have you tried ETERN? I believe it's under "other email settings" in the e-smith manager.

J-L

[Charlie Brady]

Laurence Goodman wrote:
>
> Using s-smith 4.1 with a dial up modem ...

There is no e-smith 4.1. Perhaps you are referring to a beta release. If so, please report any problems to devinfo@lists.e-smith.org. We ask you not to discuss beta releases on the bulleting boards - it is rather confusing if you do.

Thanks

Charlie

[Nate Jenkins]

We are having the same problem here.  I am trying to get our LAN setup.  We have several email accounts.  All will send but we can't get any incoming emails.  We are connected to an ISP through DSL.  I am running E-Smith 4.0.

I have a couple questions:

1.  We have our own domain name and server.  I am not sure if we need to have fetch mail grab our mail from our ISP.  Wouldn't we need to just make sure our mail server is OK and do it from here?

2.  Would we need to put a custom .fetchmailrc file in everyone's directory?  Or can we have a general .fetchmailrc file?

Thanks for any insights.

Nate

[Michael Maxwell]

Hi,

Nate Jenkins wrote:
>
> We are having the same problem here.  I am trying to get our
> LAN setup.  We have several email accounts.  All will send
> but we can't get any incoming emails.  We are connected to an
> ISP through DSL.  I am running E-Smith 4.0.
>

ok

> I have a couple questions:
>
> 1.  We have our own domain name and server.  I am not sure if
> we need to have fetch mail grab our mail from our ISP.
> Wouldn't we need to just make sure our mail server is OK and
> do it from here?

ok is the DSL internet connection 24 / 7 ?   If so just point the MX domain record at your e-smith box and you sould start getting mail at [username@yourdomain.com]


>
> 2.  Would we need to put a custom .fetchmailrc file in
> everyone's directory?  Or can we have a general .fetchmailrc
> file?

no only the one in /root/.fetchmail

######################################################

poll mail.yourisp.net.au with proto POP3

# account1@domain1
user ispusername there with password isp_password is localusername
here options
flush fetchall
smtphost mail.host.net.au

# account2@domain1
user ispusername there with password isp_password is localusername
here options
flush fetchall
smtphost mail.host.net.au


# Makes fetchmail poll - 20 min or 1200 seconds
set daemon 1200

######################################################


>
> Thanks for any insights.
>
> Nate

Thanks, Michael

[Dan Brown]

Just one thing--I don't think the "is localusername" part will work just like that, because fetchmail will then try to deliver to localusername@localhost, which qmail won't accept.  Instead, have "is localusername@mydomain.com", and it should work just fine.

It's possible something has been changed since I noticed this, but I haven't heard of anything.

[Michael Maxwell]

hi dan, It works fine for me but its better if you use username@domain.com

Thanks, Michael

Dan Brown wrote:
>
> Just one thing--I don't think the "is localusername" part
> will work just like that, because fetchmail will then try to
> deliver to localusername@localhost, which qmail won't
> accept.  Instead, have "is localusername@mydomain.com", and
> it should work just fine.
>
> It's possible something has been changed since I noticed
> this, but I haven't heard of anything.