once i used kmail (or sometimes outlook express) for my e-mail client.
i had no problem with that.
now being with unix console, i want to retrieve pop3 mails, using fetchmail.
(where i can browse my mailbox(es) later)
and it seems something i'm missing or do not understand.
assuming my e-mail address is myname@isp.com
my pop3 server is mail.isp.com (notice! ``mail.'' prefix)
i configured fetchmail with the followings.
after i fetchmail(ed) i got the error.
(note that i have another ~/.procmailrc, which should not relate to the topic)
the problem is in the line highlighted with red.
authentication error on myname@mail.isp.com
certainly, authentication had to fail because my e-mail address is myname@isp.com not myname@mail.isp.com
how to config it correctly? i have tried googling, but still don't know.
any help would be much appreciated.
Hi!
Is your username "myname" ? Usualy, it should be "myname@isp.com" (@isp.com too) beacause it seems that the mail server hosts more domains and when you send your username, you have to tell the domain you belong to. So, try sending "myname@isp.com" instead "myname".
