Final cut: $ cat ~XXXXX/.fetchmailrc
set postmaster XXXXX@localhost set no bouncemail set no spambounce ... The issue is closed. Thanks everybody. 2017-11-12 14:39 GMT+03:00 Александр Кириллов <[email protected]>: > Seems like I rejoiced too early. I didn't get any bounces because of the > following error: > > 2017-11-12 05:55:02 unqualified recipient rejected: <XXXXX> > H=(xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx) [127.0.0.1] (127.0.0.1 does not match any IP > address for localhost) > > where XXXXX is a local user name which owns .fetchmailrc. So the part of > fetchmail configuration which actually worked was > > set no bouncemail > > which directs error mails to the unqualified username of the user running > fetchmail. > > And now the question is why exim can't deliver mail to an unqualified > local username. See rather cryptic > > 127.0.0.1 does not match any IP address for localhost > > above. I've found several VERY old threads on the subject but no real > solution. The host is IPv6-aware. > > # host localhost > localhost has address 127.0.0.1 > localhost has IPv6 address ::1 > > # host 127.0.0.1 > 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer localhost. > > > 2017-11-12 11:56 GMT+03:00 Александр Кириллов <[email protected]>: > >> xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx is a LAN hostname. [127.0.0.1] is locally running >> fetchmail so I can't reject messages from this address. I've added >> >> set no bouncemail >> set no spambounce >> >> to .fetchmailrc and this seems to be helping though I thought "no >> spambounce" is the default. >> >> >> 2017-11-12 9:07 GMT+03:00 Jasen Betts <[email protected]>: >> >>> On 2017-11-11, Always Learning <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > >>> > On Fri, 2017-11-10 at 18:38 +0300, Александр Кириллов via Exim-users >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> 2017-11-09 23:15:02 1eCtE6-0002Q1-6H H=(xxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxx) >>> [127.0.0.1] >>> > >>> > If the HELO/EHLO = 127.0.0.1 then you should immediately reject the >>> > message. No point in further processing of any description. >>> >>> looks more like helo was xxxxx, and the connection was from localhost. >>> >>> xxxxx was probaby a lie, 127.0.0.1 may be untrue also. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> This email has not been checked by half-arsed antivirus software >>> >>> -- >>> ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users >>> ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ >>> ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ >>> >> >> > -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
