Fetchmail Nolonger Fetches Mail from Google

[Rick Stevens]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:42 -0400, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> Sorry about the possibly off-topic post:
> 
> As of Thu 28 Sep 2006 11:47:56 PM EDT, I can no longer fetch mail from
> pop.gmail.com.  Fetchmail produces the following:
> 
> fetchmail: Unknown login or authentication error on bchiodini at gmail.comm@pop.gmail.com
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from bchiodini at gmail.comm@pop.gmail.com
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> 
> Running fetchmail in the foreground with the -v option:
> 
> fetchmail: 6.3.4 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 29 Sep 2006 02:22:47 PM EDT: poll started
> fetchmail: Issuer Organization: Equifax
> fetchmail: Unknown Issuer CommonName
> fetchmail: Server CommonName: pop.gmail.com
> fetchmail: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: 59:51:61:89:CD:DD:B2:35:94:BB:44:97:A0:39:D5:B4
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Gpop ready for requests from 67.34.137.95 28pf1185241wrl
> fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
> fetchmail: POP3< USER
> fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
> fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 0
> fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 300
> fetchmail: POP3< X-GOOGLE-VERHOEVEN
> fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> USER bchiodini at gmail.com
> fetchmail: Unknown login or authentication error on bchiodini at gmail.comm@pop.gmail.com
> fetchmail: socket error while fetching from bchiodini at gmail.comm@pop.gmail.com
> fetchmail: 6.3.4 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 29 Sep 2006 02:23:47 PM EDT: poll completed
> fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 2
> 
> As best I can tell, the certs check.

That's not it.  Google didn't verify your username.  It sure looks like
they're automatically adding the "@gmail.com" bit, so you're getting
a double domain.  Try changing fetchmail's username to JUST "bchiodini"
and see if that works.

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