fetchmail cannot fetch mails

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Symptom:

It seems that fetchmail runs properly after it has been launched by entering fetchmail -v. Well, all of a sudden you may see this: (e.g.)
POP3< +OK QPOP (version 2.2) at berlin.snafu.de starting. fetchmail: POP3>
USER lagon
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for USER. fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK lagon has 7 messages (21216 octets). fetchmail: POP3>
STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 7 21216
fetchmail: 7 messages at USER@berlin.snafu.de. fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 690 octets
reading message 1 (690 bytes)
fetchmail: SMTP connect to (null) failed fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3<
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from berlin.snafu.de
fetchmail: normal termination, status 9

Cause:

Fetchmail tries to deliver mails to the local sendmail process. After all there is no sendmail running.

Solution:

Start sendmail.
See also:
o fetchmail: Collecting Mail from the Provider

Keywords: FETCHMAIL, SENDMAIL, CONNECT TO (NULL)

Categories: Email , Applications

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