[fetchmail]SMTP problem

[Rob MacGregor]

On 29/09/05, Bo Grimes <newslists@isp.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to learn mutt, so I installed fetchmail.  I've tried to solve
> this with Google, FAQs and the Linux Admin Handbook, but I'm stumped.
> The best I can tell is the problem isn't with fetchmail but with Exim.

>From the error, you're correct.

> I have both Exim and sendmail.  It looks like fetchmail is trying to use
> exim rather than sendmail.  Does this matter?

You have Exim running.  Fetchmail is connecting to port 25/tcp on the
loopback (as the manual says).

> I've looked all over /etc at /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and
> /var/mail.  I don't know if this is an Exim conf problem, an issue of
> which MTA I'm using or if my FQDM is wrong, or what.

You have a config problem with exim (probably).

> I'm not a techie, admin, or guru of any sort.  I've tried to figure it
> out on my own as an exercise, but I just don't have a clue.  I want
> fetchmail to deliver my mail from this pop to /var/mail/[username],
> where mutt defaults,  and I just can't make it happen.
>
> Any ideas?  TIA

1) Post your .fetchmailrc
2) Confirm that <username> is the same at ISP and local machine (ie,
fred@isp.com is fred@localhost
3) Consult your mail log (probably under /var/log/mail<something>)
4) Learn more about your MTA (http://www.exim.org/) :-)
5) Do the same for whatever flavour of Linux you've got

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