-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 26-Nov-2003/13:03 -0500, "Michael S. Dunsavage" <mikesd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >When running fetchmail I get the following error: > >reading message mikesd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:1 of 1 (5022 octets) >fetchmail: fetchmail: getaddrinfo(localhost.smtp) >fetchmail: SMTP connect to localhost failed >fetchmail: POP3> QUIT >fetchmail: POP3< Bottom Posting -_ >fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from >pop3.frontiernet.net It looks like you don't have a local SMTP service running (sendmail, postfix). Try this: /sbin/service sendmail status If sendmail is not running, then do this as root: chkconfig -level 345 sendmail on service sendmail start Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@xxxxxxxxx%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:agreene@xxxxxxxxx> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE/zD0vpCpg3WyUI50RArl6AJ9lWMMNN1ujiL1uJgCVxocur4nvgACfZShh SOX7AlFycaUdpuYvrfOtu7I= =SLeD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
