Fetchmail not authenticating!

Using a password which I've used for years on the ISPs mail server
fails to authenticate with fetchmail. I've successfully used this
password with webmail and Outlook.

What have I missed?

My .fetchmailrc:

[gtrain@mail gtrain]$ more .fetchmailrc
poll mail.mteverest.org with proto POP3
user "gtrain" there with password "trainer" is "gtrain" here


When I run the command as gtrain:

$ fetchmail -v

I get:
[gtrain@hermes gtrain]$ fetchmail -v
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying mail.mteverest.org (protocol POP3) at Mon 13
Sep 2004
06:27:51 PM EDT: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK ms9.netsolmail.com Mirapoint POP3 3.2.2-GA server
ready
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Unrecognized command
fetchmail: Unrecognized command
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on
gtrain@mail.mteverest.org.netsolmail.net
fetchmail: POP3< +OK ms9.netsolmail.com Mirapoint POP3 3.2.2-GA server
ready
fetchmail: POP3> USER gtrain
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Name is a valid mailbox
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Invalid login
fetchmail: Invalid login
fetchmail: Authorization failure on
gtrain@mail.mteverest.org.netsolmail.net
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying mail.mteverest.org (protocol POP3) at Mon 13
Sep 2004
06:27:54 PM EDT: poll completed
fetchmail: Query status=3 (AUTHFAIL)
fetchmail: normal termination, status 3

My ISP is VERY helpful (not!) when I ask them for support:

Dear Gary Train,

Unfortunately, your inquiry is beyond our ability to resolve. Please
contact Linux for more information about fetchmail. We apologize for
any inconvenience.

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:14:09 GMT, No Spam hath writ:
> Using a password which I've used for years on the ISPs mail server
> fails to authenticate with fetchmail. I've successfully used this
> password with webmail and Outlook.
>
> What have I missed?
>
> My .fetchmailrc:
>
> [gtrain@mail gtrain]$ more .fetchmailrc
> poll mail.mteverest.org with proto POP3
> user "gtrain" there with password "trainer" is "gtrain" here
>
> My ISP is VERY helpful (not!) when I ask them for support:

ISP's can be that way. :-)
Maybe they've dropped POP3 and went to IMAP.
Try:
|poll mail.mteverest.org with proto IMAP
|user "gtrain" there with password "trainer" is "gtrain" here

....one time and see if there isn't better results.
Over the years I've had an ISP or two that flip-flopped with
POP3 and IMAP servers -- always unannounced.
Webmail and Outlook may fumble around trying *both* POP3 and IMAP to
get the connection going. (Which in fetchmail is: proto AUTO )

> Dear Gary Train,

First parsed as "Gravy Train". ;-)

> Unfortunately, your inquiry is beyond our ability to resolve. Please
> contact Linux for more information about fetchmail. We apologize for
> any inconvenience.

This is a CLASSIC!

Regards,
Jonesy
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:14:09 GMT, No Spam wrote:
> Using a password which I've used for years on the ISPs mail server
> fails to authenticate with fetchmail. I've successfully used this
> password with webmail and Outlook.
>
> What have I missed?
>
> My .fetchmailrc:
>
> [gtrain@mail gtrain]$ more .fetchmailrc
> poll mail.mteverest.org with proto POP3
> user "gtrain" there with password "trainer" is "gtrain" here
>

try to use this in fetchmailrc

user 'gtrain' there with password 'trainer' is 'gtrain' here
so use ' not "

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