Topic: Pop mail not collected from ISP

[PaulB]

Hi.
I have installed an e-smith 5.5 mail server, I have set it up to be a multi drop connection as this is supported by my ISP (etrn isn't). I have put in the necessary times, pop username and passwords and correct mail server names (also tried IP address as well). Select sort method is set as 'default'.  ISP Doesn't use header tags?? whatever that means.
I haven't had this problem with a 4.2 e-smith server.

I have set up my domain name
I cannot get e-smith to collect the mail that i know is waiting. It makes the connection then just sits there and then hangs up.
I can browse the internet O.k
I have tried pinging the mail servers just before the scheduled mail check times to bring up the line before hand to try and stimulate the download----no luck.
The section below is the logs i checked.

smtp-front/qmail current log
@400000003e01977718ebfb64 smtpfront-qmail[3381]: MAIL from:.
@400000003e0197790ac4764c smtpfront-qmail[3381]: RCPT to:.
@400000003e0197790ac7838c smtpfront-qmail[3381]: Sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts.
@400000003e01977a2afc9da4
smtpfront-qmail[3381]: bytes in: 86 bytes  out: 228.                                                          
last 3 lines I think are the result of me pinging

diald/accounting log
Thu Dec 19 11:00:00 2002 GMT: Calling site 0.0.0.0.
Thu Dec 19 11:00:24 2002 GMT: Connected to site 0.0.0.0.
Thu Dec 19 11:00:58 2002 GMT: Disconnected. Call duration 34 seconds.
      IP transmitted 0 bytes and received 0 bytes.    (n.b this is a mail collection dial up)

Thu Dec 19 11:08:02 2002 GMT: Calling site 217.32.243.13.
Thu Dec 19 11:08:26 2002 GMT: Connected to site 217.32.243.13.
Thu Dec 19 11:09:13 2002 GMT: Disconnected. Call duration 47 seconds.
      IP transmitted 1934 bytes and received 3800 bytes.
last 4 lines of last section result of ping

I also get a message in the qmail/current log that say's something like :-

(long hex number followed by):-status oh no, not spawning  0/10   remote 0/20 (or something like that)

This is a big problem, any help gratefully recieved.

Paul

[Kelvin]

Paul,

Can you post your /var/log/maillog file and the /etc/fetchmail file ?

Kelvin

[Ronald Tanis]

Hello,

You must edit the /etc/fetchmail file

# copyright (C) 2001 e-smith, inc.
#------------------------------------------------------------


# multi-drop configuration; fetchmail retrieves all mail from a remote POP mailbox:

/usr/bin/fetchmail --syslog --silent --fetchmailrc - <
set postmaster "postmaster@yourdomain.com"
set bouncemail
set properties ""

poll pop.yourprovider.com
    protocol POP3
    localdomains yourdomain.com
       username TEST password TTEST is * here
           smtphost localhost
           smtpadress yourdomain.com
           fetchall
           forcecr

EOF

[Paulb]

Hi Kelvin,
Sorry this response has taken this amount of time, I appreciate that you answered within a few hours of my posting the problem.

I can't get access to the server again until after the xmas break.
I made a temporary fix, though i reckon not a good one by restarting 'startmail' after my connection was made by entering the command again in in crontab,( i know this will get overwritten if i make changes to my mail times, but it at least works for the moment) I think this is because startmail has given up the first time because the modem takes so long to complete the connection??

Any way files will be sent on in new year

Merry xmas
Paul

[Paulb]

Hi Ronald.
Thanks to you as well for your response in quick time.
Please read my other posting to kelvin which is my 'short term' fix

Merry xmas paul