Re: UID lists

I've re-started sendmail on my system and now all is well.

Bob T.


On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 3:36 PM Matthias Andree <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Am 12.08.20 um 20:08 schrieb Bob Tennent:
> > All I wanted was an explanation of what
> >
> >   fetchmail: Old UID list from innovate.cs.queensu.ca:
> >    <empty>
> >
> >   fetchmail: Scratch list of UIDs:
> >    <empty>
>
> Bob,
>
> this just means that there haven't been UIDs stored from previous
> fetches (default file: ~/.fetchids), which is debug information and
> "normal" for IMAP setups.
>
> For fetchmail 6.4.x and older and with IMAP, those <empty> are expected
> and will not change, these fetchmail versions only store UIDs when
> fetching from POP3 servers that support the UIDL command and you keep
> messages on the server.
>
> But you were writing "fetchmail isn't working". This is not supported by
> the log you have posted - you've aborted the run before fetchmail could
> download and forward the first message.
>
> So currently I am confused as to whether your setup around fetchmail is
> working, or it is not and you want further support.
>
> Regards,
> Matthias
>
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