can not get fetchmail running after migration

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by muekno, May 21, 2025.

  1. muekno

    muekno Active Member HowtoForge Supporter

    fetchmail was not migrated, only the target mailbox
    so I look in the old configuration and made a new fetchmail entry with the same values.
    but nothing is fetched, can not see any try in mail.log, how to debug, the only post to debug fetchmail is old an tolds me wrong parameters.
    the source mailbox seems not to be accessed

    What can I do
    Regards
    Rainer
     
  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The fetchmail functionality is provided by the Linux program getmail, which is run as user getmail. To run getmail manually, use this command:

    Code:
    sudo -u getmail /usr/local/bin/run-getmail.sh
     
  3. muekno

    muekno Active Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Ok one fault from me I omitted the sudo -u as I was root.
    but still another, not ISPConfig problem, perhaps someone has an idea.
    If I use the the users credentials on the T-Online mail login I have no problems
    If I use the same credentials in ISPConfig or im OS X mail app
    I get on ISPConfig ... credential/login error (b'Invalid login') and on OS X just a Quotation mark behind the mail box.
    I check the credentials at least 10 times, via cut and paste, hand type
    The secureimap.t-online.de:993 is correct
    Everything worked before migration, but as the is the same problem with OS X too, it should not be an ISPConfig problem
    apreciate any hint
    Regards
    Rainer
     
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    And the same mailbox works on the old server? You can compare the getmail file, which is in /etc/getmail/
     
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  5. muekno

    muekno Active Member HowtoForge Supporter

    Thanks a lot, the IMAP Passwort is different to the Web password, the customer gave me the WEB password, I think he did not remember they are different

    Kind Regards
     
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