From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 249533EA51 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:04:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAI54Gp18638 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:04:16 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAI54G712225 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:04:16 -0500 Received: from front1.chartermi.net (24.213.60.123.up.mi.chartermi.net [24.213.60.123]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAI54Gw12221 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:04:16 -0500 Received: from [24.196.69.180] (HELO maranatha.chartermi.net) by front1.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b2) with ESMTP id 31647944 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:04:15 -0500 Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.chartermi.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 165KAt-0000JE-00 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:07:23 -0600 Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 23:07:23 -0600 (CST) From: Cheryl Homiak To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Subject: Re: problems with incoming mail solved In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thought I should hpdate this in case somebody else has this problem. I finally got an answer to this from somebody on the debian-user list. I discovered that my loopback interface was not coming up automatically on boot; this was causing fetchmail's/exim's strange behavior. The remedy was to place in my /etc/network/interfaces the line auto lo eth0