>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
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't know what this means. I've managed to get fetchmail running on my
Performa 475 (with 68040). It compiles out of the box with no problems.

My greatest problem with using it turned out to involve setting my machine's

IP address. Since I connect to an ISP, I don't have a real hostname or IP
address. I finally corrected this by putting a line

ifconfig lo0 10.0.2.15

in my '/etc/netstart' script, and a line

10.0.2.15 jsmith.org

in my '/etc/hosts' file (where 'jsmith.org' is the name I gave my machine). 
Although 10.0.2.15 is not really a valid internet address, it's good enough
for fetchmail...