pop.gmail.com oddity

[Walter Dnes]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 07:19:52PM -0400, Peter King wrote
> It seems that sometimes I get one fingerprint, sometimes another. What gives?
> 
> Apr 29 14:05:28 amber fetchmail[5737]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: 55:2B:58:4A:12:14:4F:98:1A:E6:C8:A4:08:40:0D:55
> Apr 29 14:12:23 amber fetchmail[8268]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: FF:69:18:0D:75:8C:17:61:F5:EF:FC:F9:85:7D:F5:0E
> Apr 29 14:17:42 amber fetchmail[8357]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: FF:69:18:0D:75:8C:17:61:F5:EF:FC:F9:85:7D:F5:0E
> Apr 29 17:02:56 amber fetchmail[17769]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: FF:69:18:0D:75:8C:17:61:F5:EF:FC:F9:85:7D:F5:0E
> Apr 29 17:07:13 amber fetchmail[17790]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: FF:69:18:0D:75:8C:17:61:F5:EF:FC:F9:85:7D:F5:0E
> Apr 29 17:09:02 amber fetchmail[17862]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: 55:2B:58:4A:12:14:4F:98:1A:E6:C8:A4:08:40:0D:55
> Apr 29 17:09:38 amber fetchmail[20276]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: FF:69:18:0D:75:8C:17:61:F5:EF:FC:F9:85:7D:F5:0E
> Apr 29 19:16:05 amber fetchmail[20643]: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint: 55:2B:58:4A:12:14:4F:98:1A:E6:C8:A4:08:40:0D:55

  "nslookup" shows what appears to be a round-robin load-balancing
setup.  This is consistent with what you've been seeing.

[d531][waltdnes][~] nslookup pop.gmail.com
Server:         192.168.123.254
Address:        192.168.123.254#53

Non-authoritative answer:
pop.gmail.com   canonical name = gmail-pop.l.google.com.
Name:   gmail-pop.l.google.com
Address: 74.125.133.109
Name:   gmail-pop.l.google.com
Address: 74.125.133.108

  Suggestions...

1) can you set up your system to accept either of the 2 fingerprints?

2) failing that, can you hardcode one of the above 2 IP addresses as
"pop.gmail.com" in your hosts file?

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