How do I point a mail client at Microsoft outlook?

Michael Hennebry hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Mon Jun 20 23:33:33 UTC 2011


On Mon, 20 Jun 2011, Michael Hennebry wrote:

> Here is my ~/.fetchmailrc
>> set postmaster "hennebry"
>> set bouncemail
>> set no spambounce
>> set softbounce
>> set properties ""
>> set no showdots
>>
>> poll imap.ndsu.nodak.edu with proto IMAP
>>   user 'Michael.Hennebry' there is 'hennebry' here
>>   options keep fetchall ssl mda "formail -c >> /home/hennebry/inbox"
>>   folder INBOX
>>
>> #poll imap.ndsu.nodak.edu with proto IMAP
>> #  user 'Michael.Hennebry' there is 'hennebry' here
>> #  options keep fetchall ssl mda "formail -c >> /home/hennebry/sent"
>> #  folder INBOX.Sent
>
> Here is the result:
>> [hennebry at localhost grease]$ fetchmail
>> Enter password for Michael.Hennebry at imap.ndsu.nodak.edu:
>> fetchmail: Authorization failure on Michael.Hennebry at imap.ndsu.nodak.edu
>> fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)

Here is my new .fetchmailrc:
> set postmaster "hennebry"
> set bouncemail
> set no spambounce
> set softbounce
> set properties ""
> set no showdots
>
> poll ndsu.edu with proto IMAP
>   user 'Michael.Hennebry' there is 'hennebry' here
>   options keep fetchall ssl mda "formail -c >> /home/hennebry/inbox"
>   folder INBOX

I omitted the commented out lines.
Here is the result:
> [hennebry at localhost grease]$ fetchmail
> Enter password for Michael.Hennebry at ndsu.edu: 
> fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of ndsu.edu (ndsu.edu): No
> address associated with hostname
> fetchmail: Query status=11 (DNS)

Both dig and nslookup agree with that assessment,
but mail sent there from my cableone account still gets there.
WTF?

-- 
Michael   hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Pessimist: The glass is half empty.
Optimist:   The glass is half full.
Engineer:   The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."


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