fetchmail and postfix: fetchmail can't connect to smtp

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

i'm trying to use fetchmail with postfix. when fetchmail tries to download messages, it can't connect to the smtp. i invoke fetchmail using the following command:

jkt · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:

does `nc localhost smtp` work for you?

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

jkt,

`nc6 localhost smtp` just gave me a non-responsive blank line (no prompt). i tried typing smtp commands, nothing.

i've verified that i can send mail using mutt through postfix, so i don't know what could be going on here.

jkt · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 3:51 pm Post subject:

setup domainname. I had same error and I think that fixed it ;-)

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

now that you mention it, that's probably it. for some reason when i type

jkt · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 4:13 pm Post subject:

add "domain yourdomain.edu" to /etc/resolv.conf, if not present.

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

it's already there. i noticed that dnsdomainname gives the correct domain name, so it must be something else.

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

any ideas?

jkt · Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 2:07 pm Post subject:

sorry for delay. I had some problems, because I'm using our domain which is not listed in DNS servers :-)

, so I had to do some magic:
1) /etc/init.d/domainname - add it to boot runlevel, setup /etc/dnsdomainname, maybe reboot.
2) add something like:
192.168.0.1 server server.example.org
- not sure if it could be on 1 line, check it.

the problem is that postfix is trying to resolve ip addr. which you're connecting from, but is not successful.

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

hmm, i tried what you suggested.. same thing. before i just had example.org in my /etc/dnsdomainname.

the wierd thing is i have another computer with an identical setup, and postfix, mutt, and fetchmail work fine together. i've copied their config files to the other computer, checked network settings... all the obvious stuff. i have no idea what's going on.

jkt · Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:54 pm Post subject:

hm, weird. `emerge netcat` and `nc your-hostname smtp`. if it says something like

SerfurJ · l33t Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 824 Location: Texas

well, i figured out what the problem was: fetchmail sucks. never has a unix program given me so much grief.

i now have getmail, ssmtp, and mutt working flawlessly together.

jkt · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:52 am Post subject:

just to continue with flame ;-)

, I'm using fetchmail without problems :-)