<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi folks I've got a problem with fetchmail, seeming to take forever to pop my mail. I do have keep messages on server, but when I popped direct to evolution I never had this problem. Here's the source of one message showing how long it took fetchmail to get it. <TT>Received: from pop.plus.mail.yahoo4.akadns.net by localhost with POP3</TT> <TT> (fetchmail-6.2.5) for ruscook@dalek.sydwest (single-drop); Sat, 08 Oct 2005</TT> <TT> 02:50:56 +1000 (EST)</TT> <TT>Received: from 203.55.209.65 (EHLO ns10142.housing.nsw.gov.au)</TT> <TT> (203.55.209.65) by mta227.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 06 Oct 2005</TT> <TT> 18:34:22 -0700</TT> <TT>Received: from ns10142.housing.nsw.gov.au ([127.0.0.1]) by</TT> <TT> ns10142.housing.nsw.gov.au with InterScan Messaging Security Suite; Fri, 07</TT> <TT> Oct 2005 11:34:18 +1000</TT> I've also included my fetchmail command (cron job) fetchmail -s -U I was also getting the following errors during the day yesterday <TT> fetchmail: timeout after 300 seconds waiting for server pop.mail.yahoo.com.au.</TT> <TT> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop.mail.yahoo.com.au</TT> <TT> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)</TT> So, I know it is sometimes failing, but that can't be the whole problem as I'm running fetchmail every 12 mins. HEre's my fetchmail.rc file (passwords blanked of course) poll pop.mail.yahoo.com.au <PRE> proto pop3 auth password user "windsorcycles" pass "xxxx" is ruscook@dalek.sydwest here fastuidl 1 keep no fetchall no ssl user "bike_oz" pass "xxxx" is ruscook@dalek.sydwest here fastuidl 1 keep no fetchall no ssl user "ruscook_oz" pass "xxxx" is ruscook@dalek.sydwest here fastuidl 1 keep no fetchall no ssl poll pop.netspace.net.au proto pop3 auth password user "ruscook" pass "xxxx" is ruscook@dalek.sydwest here fastuidl 1 keep no fetchall no ssl Any advice as to what I can do to improve fetchmails' reliability and performance? Thanks, </PRE> <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> Kind Regards Russell ================== www.windsorcycles.com.au sales@windsorcycles.com.au ph. 02 4577 3209 bikes.no-ip.info Linux user #369094 ================== </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>