[sllug-members]: Fetchmail localhost error

[Jared Bernard]

On 3/21/07, Ken P <kprims at kgab.org> wrote:
>
> Jared Bernard wrote:
> > This is my first time setting up fetchmail and I'm getting a localhost
> > error.
> >
> > $ fetchmail
> > fetchmail: Server CommonName mismatch: Ipswitch,Inc. !=
> > mail.csolutions.net
> > fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: self signed
> certificate
> > 16 messages for nixon at firston.com at mail.csolutions.net (116640
> octets).
> > reading message nixon at firston.com@mail.csolutions.net:1 of 16 (9656
> > octets)
> > .fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed
> > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from
> > nixon at firston.com@mail.csolutions.net and delivering to SMTP host
> > localhost
> > fetchmail: Query status=10 (SMTP)
> >
> > My .fetchmailrc file looks like this:
> >
> > poll mail.csolutions.net with proto POP3 user 'nixon at firston.com'
> > there with
> > password 'xxxxxx' is 'mail'
> > here options ssl
> >
> > I googled: fetchmail "SMTP connect to localhost failed"
> > and found results saying that my localhost isn't configured right, but I
> > don't think that is the case.
> > though when I telnet localhost I get
> Try  telnet localhost smtp  or  telnet localhost 25 , either one should
> work.
>
> kprims at kiki:~$ telnet localhost 25
> Trying 127.0.0.1...
> Connected to localhost.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> 220 kiki.kgab.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.8/8.13.8; Wed, 21 Mar 2007
> 17:01:01 -0600
> quit
> 221 2.0.0 kiki.kgab.org closing connection
> Connection closed by foreign host.


jared at zarahemla:~$ telnet localhost 25
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused


You do have a working Mail Transfer Agent working, (Sendmail etc.)?


I thought Fetchmail was a MTA? I guessing it's not. Do I need to set up
Sendmail?

Thanks, Jared



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