[fetchmail]Timeout waiting for server

[Matthias Andree]

Chris <cpollock@earthlink.net> writes:

> Every evening I make a large run of spam reports to various abuse address=
es=20
> and to NANAS, at least once during every run this will show up.  I've cha=
nged=20
> the timeout setting up to 600s.  Should I raise it even further?  fetchma=
il=20
> -v -v shows nothing abnormal when this happens.=20
>
> Jul =A05 20:34:20 cpollock fetchmail[7941]: timeout after 600 seconds wai=
ting=20
> for server pop.earthlink.net.=20
> Jul =A05 20:34:20 cpollock fetchmail[7941]: socket error while fetching f=
rom=20
> pop.earthlink.net=20

> Jul =A05 20:34:28 cpollock postfix/smtp[2332]: C1A7B4341F4: conversation =
with=20
> smtpauth.earthlink.net[207.69.189.207] timed out while sending end of dat=
a --=20
> message may be sent more than once

This looks like a regular network problem, nothing Postfix or fetchmail
could do anything about.

--=20
Matthias Andree