Yesterday morning I was stunned
by the fact that I could not get
mail from pop server via fetchmail.
After little panic (that I was
hacked) I realized I could with
"mozilla". So, it's not to my
isp. Error message in "maillog"
says it don't find localhost. It
is true. In "/etc/hosts" I put
machine-name for 127.0.0.1. But,
that worked for long time. Then
simply stops. Fetchmail uses dy-
namic rule in ipfw2 and initiates
process, gets mail from server
and delivers to port 25. And, there
is yesterday's problem. I just add
smtphost machine-name
to rc-file. Works again, but...
Why it stoped? Fetchmail version
is 6.2.5. I've checked system and
found nothing. No strange files,
no newly opened ports, no new users.
Cops and aide give nothing. It is
dial-up machine, never more than
3-5 minutes. Stays mistery to me.
There was another issue the same
morning. Yahoo account doesn't
respond properly anymore. I use
fetchyahoo script to get the mail.
Now, "bulk folder" cannot be emptied.
Script fails and finishes with no
mail in spool. I will try without
"empty bulk" option. Yahoo is on
FreeBSD also. Does it mean anything?
(I hate cookies-javascript-IE-etc
behaviour of most services. Don't
ask did I try that way.)
Has someone noticed something alike?
Best regards
ZK