[fetchmail]Getaddrinfo problem

[Rob MacGregor]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:42:48 -0500, Edward McKeown <emck@mac.com> wrote:
> Here is the output that I got from my logs:

That's not what I asked for.  If you want help, please pay attention
to those who're trying to help you.

> Feb 28 22:32:13 localhost fetchmail[394]: awakened at Mon, 28 Feb 2005
> 22:32:13 -0500 (EST)
> Feb 28 22:32:30 localhost fetchmail[394]: 2 messages for emck at
> mail.mac.com (50566 octets).
> Feb 28 22:32:31 localhost fetchmail[394]: reading message
> emck@mail.mac.com:1 of 2 (47042 octets)
> Feb 28 22:32:38 localhost fetchmail[394]: SMTP connect to localhost failed

Interesting, no SMTP listener, then...

> Feb 28 22:34:05 localhost postfix/smtpd[530]: connect from
> localhost[127.0.0.1]

...there is one.  You may have problems with your posftfix setup.

> Feb 28 22:35:15 localhost fetchmail[394]: fetchmail:
> getaddrinfo(mail.mac.com.pop3)

So, it works once, then stops.  Strange.

Well, I'd strongly recommend recompiling fetchmail.

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