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Ha-- Inbox.archive was what I needed. I just got 191 of 2014 messages, and then a freeze. But I am now at 414 messages so perhaps I should shut up and watch my grep -c grow... Thank you Joe! --STeve Andre' On 07/21/11 20:36, Joe Besko wrote: > > Steve, > > Have you tried using "INBOX.archive" or "inbox.archive" for the folder > name? When getting the contents of your inbox, the "inbox" name maybe > implied. Right now, that's the only thing I can think of to get it to > work. > > Let us know the results so we can work on it further tomorrow. > > Thanks. > > Quoting STeve Andre' <[log in to unmask]>: > >> A user wants me to get the contents of his "archive" folder on the >> MSU mail system. >> >> I thought it would be good to have this as a fetchmail script, so I >> could slurp up stuff from mail.msu.edu when I need to. >> >> I now have fetchmail working to the point that I can get a users >> inbox from the mail system, and send it to a user account on my >> machine. That works. >> >> What doesn't work is trying to specify a particular non-inbox >> folder. Fetchmail says that it can't find that folder. >> >> Looking on the net I found and edited a fetchmail rc file that >> looks like this: >> >> poll mail.msu.edu with proto IMAP and options no dns >> user '#########' there with pass '#######' >> is 'user' here ssl >> >> and then fun fetchmail like this: >> >> fetchmail -f fetchmail -a -k -v -Spaladin/587 -rarchive >> >> paladin is my laptop (OpenBSD) and 587 is the alternate >> port for smtp. >> >> The -rarchive should get the archive folder, rather than the >> inbox, but that doesn't work. Below is a run of the command. >> The fetchmail documentation says that the folder name given >> to -r might be system dependent. Any ideas on how to do this? >> >> Thanks all... --STeve Andre' >> >> [fetchmail run trying to get at the archive folder] >> >> paladin /u/steve fetchmail -f fetchmail -a -k -v -Spaladin/587 -rarchive >> fetchmail: WARNING: Running as root is discouraged. >> fetchmail: 6.3.20 querying mail.msu.edu (protocol IMAP) at Thu Jul 21 >> 19:27:13 2011: poll started >> Trying to connect to 35.9.75.19/993...connected. >> fetchmail: Server certificate verification error: self signed >> certificate in certificate chain >> fetchmail: This means that the root signing certificate (issued for >> /O=Entrust.net/OU=www.entrust.net/CPS_2048 incorp. by ref. (limits >> liab.)/OU=(c) 1999 Entrust.net Limited/CN=Entrust.net Certification >> Authority (2048)) is not in the trusted CA certificate locations, or >> that c_rehash needs to be run on the certificate directory. For >> details, please see the documentation of --sslcertpath and >> --sslcertfile in the manual page. >> fetchmail: Server certificate: >> fetchmail: Issuer Organization: Entrust, Inc. >> fetchmail: Issuer CommonName: Entrust Certification Authority - L1C >> fetchmail: Subject CommonName: mail.msu.edu >> fetchmail: mail.msu.edu key fingerprint: >> 7C:44:2F:EA:02:75:05:4E:2F:1E:44:ED:D5:95:99:02 >> fetchmail: Warning: the connection is insecure, continuing anyways. >> (Better use --sslcertck!) >> fetchmail: IMAP< * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN >> NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE >> AUTH=PLAIN ACL ACL2=UNION] Courier-IMAP ready. Copyright 1998-2011 >> Double Precision, Inc. See COPYING for distribution information. >> fetchmail: IMAP> A0001 CAPABILITY >> fetchmail: IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UIDPLUS CHILDREN NAMESPACE >> THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT QUOTA IDLE AUTH=PLAIN >> ACL ACL2=UNION >> fetchmail: IMAP< A0001 OK CAPABILITY completed >> fetchmail: IMAP> A0002 LOGIN "$$$$$$" * >> fetchmail: IMAP< A0002 OK LOGIN Ok. >> fetchmail: IMAP> A0003 SELECT "archive" >> fetchmail: IMAP< A0003 NO Mailbox does not exist, or must be >> subscribed to. >> fetchmail: mailbox selection failed >> fetchmail: IMAP> A0004 LOGOUT >> fetchmail: IMAP< * BYE Courier-IMAP server shutting down >> fetchmail: IMAP< A0004 OK LOGOUT completed >> fetchmail: client/server synchronization error while fetching from >> [log in to unmask] >> fetchmail: 6.3.20 querying mail.msu.edu (protocol IMAP) at Thu Jul 21 >> 19:27:14 2011: poll completed >> fetchmail: Query status=7 (ERROR) >> fetchmail: normal termination, status 7 >> > > >