On Wed, 15 Jul 1998, Michael Beattie wrote: > Already had that there, (this is my fetchmailrc:) > > ----- > defaults > > poll pop.es.co.nz proto POP3 > user mickyb with password XXXX is omnic here > fetchall smtphost localhost > ----- > > That has worked perfectly for ages... I have not changed anything > at all to do with fetchmail, or Exim, Fetching mail worked fine > yesterday. > The fact that I was getting a local SMTP connection in that output > should tell you that I already had, or did not need > "smtphost localhost" > > Is there a possibility that my ISP has changed their POP setup? >
I have found that changing back to smail fixed the problem, but I now believe the problem is those annoying mail's from "gecm". they caused fetchmail to use "MAIL FROM: <@pop.es.co.nz>" whereas the others came as: "MAIL FROM: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" Is there a way to stop smail doing that, or how can I configure exim to allow that form of address? -------------- fetchmail: forwarding to localhost fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<@mail.es.co.nz> SIZE=5379 fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <@mail.es.co.nz> : colon expected after route fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 <@mail.es.co.nz> : colon expected after route fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<root> SIZE=5379 fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <root> : sender address must contain a domain fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 <root> : sender address must contain a domain -------------- from the above I now realise that the "MAIL FROM:<root>" is fetchmail's error handling? the above is from exim's try, smail says @pop.es.co.nz is a valid sender address. (mail.es.co.nz and pop.es.co.nz are the same host.. do a nslookup on them) Thanks again, I guess the real question now is how to configure exim to allow these annoying occurences :) Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Are the noises in my head bothering you? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out! -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null