How do I point a mail client at Microsoft outlook?

Michael Hennebry hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu
Mon Jun 20 23:19:47 UTC 2011


On Sat, 18 Jun 2011, Damian Kohlfeld wrote:

> --- BEGIN CONFIG ---
>
> set postmaster "USERNAME"
> set bouncemail
> set no spambounce
> set softbounce
> set properties ""
> set no showdots
>
> poll MAILHOST with proto IMAP
>  user 'IMAPUSER' there with password 'PASSWORD' is 'USERNAME' here
>  options keep fetchall ssl mda "formail -c >> /MBOXPATH/inbox"
>  folder INBOX
>
> poll MAILHOST with proto IMAP
>  user 'IMAPUSER' there with password 'PASSWORD' is 'USERNAME' here
>  options keep fetchall ssl mda "formail -c >> /MBOXPATH/sent"
>  folder INBOX.Sent
>
> --- END CONFIG ---

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)

Now what?
Michael.Hennebry at imap.ndsu.nodak.edu is not my e-mail address.

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