Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 191829
Meaningless error message when unable to connect to remote mail server
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:32 EST
Description of problem: If fetchmail tries to connect to a remote server that isn't listening on the appropriate port (say 110 for pop3), then it issues a rather generic and not particularly helpful error message: leto:~% fetchmail fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET) This should really be changed to something that gives a bit more information. For example, trying to telnet to the same machine gives: leto:~# telnet 194.106.56.118 110 Trying 194.106.56.118... telnet: connect to address 194.106.56.118: Connection refused telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused Which gives a much better indication of the problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): fetchmail-6.2.5.5-1.fc4 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run fetchmail against a host that isn't listening on the applicable port 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Thanks for your report. Reporting of this error is better in fetchmail-6.3.4, available in FC-5: $ fetchmail Enter password for mitr@localhost: POP3 connection to localhost failed: Connection refused fetchmail: Query status=2 (SOCKET)