From 7cc0cf133389c2adc1a3194454b96da9af7745ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Andree Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:10:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add R12 on getaddrinfo errors. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4271 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 526e04b3..29cc7807 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ messages but before deleting them
R9. Fetchmail is timing out during message fetches
R10. Fetchmail is dying with SIGPIPE.
R11. My server is hanging or emitting errors on CAPA.
+R12. Fetchmail isn't working and reports getaddrinfo + errors.

Hangs and lockups:

H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.
@@ -2501,6 +2503,23 @@ errors on CAPA.

Your POP3 server is broken. You can work around this with the declaration auth password in your .fetchmailrc.

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+

R12. Fetchmail isn't working and reports + getaddrinfo errors.

+
  1. Make sure you haven't mistyped the host name or address, and that + your DNS is working. If you cannot fix DNS, give the numeric host + literal, for instance, 192.168.0.1
    2. +
  2. Make sure your /etc/services file (or other + services database) contains the necessary service entries. If you + cannot fix the services database, use the --port option and give the + numeric port address. Common port addresses + are: + + + + + +
    serviceport
    IMAP143
    IMAP+SSL993
    POP3110
    POP3+SSL995

H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.

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