On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 06/21/2011 07:19 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:
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@localhost grease]$ fetchmail Enter password for Michael.Hennebry@imap.ndsu.nodak.edu: fetchmail: Authorization failure on Michael.Hennebry@imap.ndsu.nodak.edu fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)
Now what? Michael.Hennebry@imap.ndsu.nodak.edu is not my e-mail address.
Also a late comer to this thread.... But I have a question....
I see from your emails on the thread your email is hennebry@web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu. It would seem to indicate that when you connect to the Web Client you may enter "hennebry" as your username? Is that the case? Or, is your username really "Michael.Hennebry" as defined in your fetchmailrc?
Michael.Hennebry@ndsu.edu is a different account with different administrators. With this account, I have direct access to my inbox and could use scp if I wanted. I have, on occasion, vi-ed it.
The other thing....the web pages at nodak.edu would seem to suggest that you have to request IMAP access from the IT department before they enable it. Is that the case? Have you contacted the IT department to
If so, I missed it in the rat's nest that is ITS help. Would you point me to it? Sometimes, by the time I find something, I'm too *aarrrg* to do much with it.
ensure it has been enabled for your account?
Do you happen to have a smart phone, or access to a smart phone, to test using a different mobile device?
I might have access.
The problem seems to be a straight forward "failure to authenticate".