[GLLUG] Fetchmail and mail.msu.edu

[N N Ashok]

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I've not used fetchmail so cant say about the syntax etc. But mail.msu.edu is 
not accessible without encryption (SSL). You might want to use SSL when 
polling the server.

Ashok


On Thursday 10 April 2003 13:50, Melson, Paul scrawled:
> Isn't POP3/SSL port 995?
>
> # nmap -sT -p 995 mail.msu.edu
>
> Starting nmap V. 2.54BETA22 ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ )
> Interesting ports on sys13.mail.msu.edu (35.9.75.113):
> Port       State       Service
> 995/tcp    open        pop3s
>
>
> Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1 second
>
> PaulM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel R. Kilbourne [mailto:drk@netophilia.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 1:32 PM
> To: Dennis Pipper
> Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
> Subject: Re: [GLLUG] Fetchmail and mail.msu.edu
>
>
> drk:drk:[1:31pm]:~> telnet mail.msu.edu 110
> Trying 35.9.75.111...
> telnet: connect to address 35.9.75.111: Connection refused
> Trying 35.9.75.112...
> telnet: connect to address 35.9.75.112: Connection refused
> Trying 35.9.75.113...
> telnet: connect to address 35.9.75.113: Connection refused
> Trying 35.9.75.109...
> telnet: connect to address 35.9.75.109: Connection refused
> Trying 35.9.75.110...
> telnet: connect to address 35.9.75.110: Connection refused
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
> drk:drk:[1:31pm]:~>
>
>
>
> That could be the issue :)
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 01:28:42PM -0400, Dennis Pipper wrote:
> > Upgraded to the new mail.msu.edu today and I can get fetchmail to to
>
> poll
>
> > mail.msu.edu.  I keep getting "Network Connection could not be
> > established" on that account only.  The rest of the accounts work
>
> fine.
>
> > Here is my entry for .fetchmailrc
> > poll mail.msu.edu
> >  user 'myusername' there with password 'mypasswd' is 'mylocalbox' here
> > options fetchall ssl
> >
> > Anyone else try this or have any trouble?
> >
> > Using fetchmail version 5.9.12 on Linux 2.4.19-16mdk (Mandrake 9)
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
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