Fetchmail socket problem

[jdow]

From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson at tiscali.co.uk>

> On Sunday 22 Jan 2006 22:51, Craig White wrote:
>> On Sun, 2006-01-22 at 22:21 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> > On Sunday 22 Jan 2006 21:02, Craig White wrote:
>> > > um...do you have a pop server running?
>> > >
>> > > dovecot?
>> >
>> > Dovecot is configured to serve imap.
>>
>> ----
>> imap and pop3 are different protocols
>>
>> # grep pop3 /etc/services
>> pop3            110/tcp         pop-3           # POP version 3
>> pop3            110/udp         pop-3
>> pop3s           995/tcp                         # POP-3 over SSL
>> pop3s           995/udp                         # POP-3 over SSL
>>
>> # grep imap /etc/services
>> imap            143/tcp         imap2           # Interim Mail Access
>> Proto v2
>> imap            143/udp         imap2
>> imap3           220/tcp                         # Interactive Mail
>> Access
>> imap3           220/udp                         # Protocol v3
>> imaps           993/tcp                         # IMAP over SSL
>> imaps           993/udp                         # IMAP over SSL
>>
>> non ssl pop3 uses port 110/ non ssl imap uses 143
>> dovecot would have to be configured to to serve pop3 to connect to
>> port 110
>> ----
> Clearly I'm not understanding something here.  I thought that fetchmail 
> needed to know that my isp's mail server is pop3.  I didn't think that 
> dovecot was involved at that stage. 
>>
>> > > Is it configured to accept pop3 connections?
>> >
>> > You mean locally? It's configured to accept imap connections on the
>> > lan, but I was still at the stage of testing fetchmail on the
>> > command line, so I shouldn't have introduced any further
>> > complications.
>>
>> ----
>> fetchmail can't connect to port 110 if the server isn't configured to
>> provide pop3 connections. perhaps you should tell fetchmail to use
>> imap instead of pop3
>> ----
> The problem is that my old setup had the PopFile tagging package in the 
> chain, and I can't remember the order that I set those things up.  I do 
> know that the old server uses pop3 in its fetchmailrc.  I'm confused at 
> the moment.  I need to get to grips with the order that things happen.
> 
>>
>> > > is it running?
>> >
>> > Yes, it's running, and I can connect.  From this box I can see the
>> > messages I moved into one of its folders.  (The aim is to copy
>> > across all mail onto that laptop, so that it can function as server
>> > while I rebuild the real server).
>>
>> ----
>> if all you want to do is move it, why not just tar it up and transfer
>> the tar file?
>>
> Because the old server had the messages in mbox format and I want the 
> new server to use maildir.

Then the right solution is the way I suggested, Anne.
{^_^}