Re: My latest attempts

"Barry L. Bond" <[email protected]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:31:32 +0000
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Grace and peace to you Charles and anyone else who may read this!=0AYou,=
 the author of getmail, have a tremendous amount of experience=0Aandknow=
ledge that other people just don't have and can't get as=0Aeasily. Icann=
ot express how grateful I am that you are offering help=0Ato people whop=
ost. And you truly read previous posts to know if=0Asomeone is overwhelm=
edby hardships and just cannot take the time to=0Ado, in my case, what I=
 usedto always do: work on it, possibly posting=0Afor help, until it wor=
ks! :-)=0ATHANK YOU.=0AI will have to call someone later this morning th=
at I'll have to say=0AI'mafraid to talk to. And I'll be getting grocerie=
s later this=0Amorning. Iget groceries every other Monday, and today is=
 "that=0AMonday". The firstfew days after I get groceries, I typically h=
ave=0Aeven more thingsdemanding my time, chunking up mango, papaya,=0Awa=
termelon, using avocados,etc., when they become ripe and ready to=0Ause.=
 I learned in the middlemonths of 2013 that I couldn't eat=0Aprocessed f=
ood. So, I do this or I(and we now including my mother)=0Adon't eat. :-)=
=0AOkay! I made type =3D SimplePOP3SSLRetriever and commented out the=0A=
port,and ran getmail. Here is the log from that run:=0A2022-11-21 03:17:=
34 Initializing=0ASimplePOP3SSLRetriever:[email protected]:995:2022-=
11-21 03:20:59=0Auser aborted2022-11-21 03:20:59 0 messages (0 bytes) re=
trieved, 0=0Askipped=0AYou are correct in that the port was correct when=
 I used the proper=0Atype.As you can see, I -'d it after just over 3 min=
utes and nothingwas=0Acollected by that particular run.=0AI then made th=
e server =3D mail.spectrum.net once again, since that is=0AwhatJay had s=
aid, and getmail then stopped immediately, reporting what=0Ait hadevery=
 other time I've added "mail." to the server:=0A2022-11-21 03:22:09 Init=
ializing=0ASimplePOP3SSLRetriever:[email protected]:995:2022-11=
-21=0A03:22:09 getmailOperationError error (POP error (-ERR invalid user=
=0Aname or password.))2022-11-21 03:22:09 0 messages (0 bytes) retrieved=
,=0A0 skipped=0AI tried one more thing at this point, this morning.=0AI=
 put server back to server =3D spectrum.net and made type equal=0AtoSimp=
leIMAPSSLRetriever. Getmail errored immediately. I'll include=0Awhatit p=
rinted to stdout/stderr:=0AException: please read docs/BUGS and include=
 the following information=0Ainany bug report:=0A getmail version 4.46.0=
 Python version 2.7.5 (default, Apr 10 2015,=0A08:09:05) [GCC 4.8.3 2014=
0911 (Red Hat 4.8.3-7)]=0AUnhandled exception follows: File "/usr/bin/ge=
tmail", line 690, in=0Amain retriever_func =3D getattr(retrievers, retri=
ever_type)=0AAttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute=0A'impleIM=
APSSLRetriever'=0APlease also include configuration information from run=
ning getmailwith=0Ayour normal options plus "--dump".=0AI'll stop (for n=
ow, as of course I have other things to do, and Ihave=0Ato get my mother=
 up earlier today, so we can have her in the=0Afamilyroom before Chuck a=
nd Debbie arrive with the groceries) and tell=0Ayou why Ihave version 4.=
46.0.=0AI have a very nice Fedora Linux system built by Puget Systems,=
=0Awithadditional memory and larger hard drive space, etc. That system i=
s=0Amy"promised" system and is running Fedora 20.=0AI used to have ALL e=
mail there. Using fetchmail, an email=0Aaddress([email protected]) which=
 I got in 2001 was collected along with=0Awhateverlocal email I got. One=
 mailbox on that system. I lost the=0Acfl.rr.comemail on October 6 (afte=
r more than 20 years), and that is=0Aamong thethings that has me trying=
 to get back to Spectrum and see if=0AI can onceagain have that one emai=
l and not have to access it via web=0Asites, etc.=0AI downloaded the noa=
rch getmail which had been supplied for the=0Afc20system.=0A(Until with=
 the help of people experienced with hardware=0Atroubleshootingon the Fe=
dora Forum I got a Dell system I had purchased=0Ain 2009 whichwasn't boo=
ting any more running, and put Fedora 36 on it,=0Amy web browserswere so=
 old I wasn't able to access many web sites any=0Amore. And perhapsyou u=
nderstand now why I didn't have time to upgrade=0Athe operating systemon=
 the Fedora 20 system or the Fedora 19 laptop=0Athat is in the area wher=
eI can be with Mom. I count on these systems!)=0AYou can digest this and=
 tell me what you desire me to try next. And,=0Aif Ineed to supply the t=
hings that above report mentioned (the --dump,=0Aetc.),I will be very gl=
ad to.=0AThank you again! :-)=0Aos9barry @ spectrum.net=0A

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