fetchmail -c -v -u foobar@domain.com mail.domain.com
Dennis> I did try that without the -v and got this for the password prompt: Dennis> Enter password for foobar@domain.com@mail.domain.com: This is possibly a fetchmail thing, I'd check to make sure you're running the latest version. Dennis> I assumed that the reason it failed was that it was sending Dennis> that as the user name. Turns out that ther verbose Dennis> information shows that it is sending the appropriate Dennis> information despite what the prompt shows. It also now Dennis> succeeds so I must need to wait a little bit after creating Dennis> the email account through the web administration. The verbose option is the key when using fetchmail. It's a great tool which works wonders, but can be a pain to get going right sometimes. Of course, that's all the various protocols fault, not fetchmails. John