[fetchmail]Fetchmail on Linux behind MS ISA server !

Matthias Andree ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de
Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:14:34 +0100


Meraj Rasool Khattak <mrkkhattak@yahoo.com> writes:

> I am running fetchmail behind Windows ISA server on my
> Linux machine.  
>
> When I execute the following command :
> <fetchmail_command>
> fetchmail -v -f '/home/khattak/.fetchmailrc'
> </fetchmail_command>
>
> I get this error :
> <error>
> fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying pos (protocol auto) at Thu
> 02 Dec 2004 06:33:16 PM PKT: poll started
> fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying pos (protocol IMAP) at Thu
> 02 Dec 2004 06:33:16 PM PKT: poll started
> fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of pos
> fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying pos (protocol IMAP) at Thu
> 02 Dec 2004 06:33:16 PM PKT: poll completed
> fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying pos (protocol auto) at Thu
> 02 Dec 2004 06:33:16 PM PKT: poll completed
> fetchmail: Query status=11 (DNS)
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 11
> </error>

       11     Fatal  DNS  error.   Fetchmail encountered an error
              while performing a DNS lookup at startup and  could
              not proceed.

> My .fetchmailrc file
> <fetchmailrc_file>
> poll pos
>         via naqoosh.com

Find out why naqoosh.com cannot be resolved, and fix the problem.

(What is this Windows ISA Server thing anyways?)

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Matthias Andree