On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:23:24 -0400,
Steve Revilak <revilak@umbsky.cc.umb.edu> wrote:
> Now for the next question.  As  method of mail retrieval, I've seen
> 'fetchmail' recommended by several people.

Fetchmail fetches mail from your POP or IMAP server and delivers to
your local mailbox.  It requires sendmail daemon be running localy to
do so.

> I downloaded the binary from
> Makr Andres' web site (I think it was Mark's web site).     Running into a
> snag that I don't see addressed in the man page or the Fetchmail FAQ.  Not
> running it in daemon mode.  Verbose output shows that:
> 
> 1) Fetchmail opens a connection to my ISP (POP3).
> 2) Sends Username.  Username is accepted.
> 3) Sends password.  Password is accepted.
> 4) Sees new mail.
> 5) Begins to read new mail.  Stops with the following error:
> 
> SMTP connect to localhost failed:unknown error 4294967295
> SMTP transaction error while fetching from umbsky.cc.umb.edu:unknown error
> 4294967295.

I'm not sure what this error means, but are you running sendmail in
daemon mode? (enable it in /etc/rc.conf if you aren't)

> Anybody run into this before?

No.  I noticed Mark's fetchmail binary was a bit older than the
latest, so I downloaded the latest source and compiled my own.  It
runs flawlessly.

Ken