Thanks for the suggestion. I got the solution. The attachment is getting stripped when i download the mails using IMAP, but not using POP3. STRANGE!!
Anil Quoting Rishi Gangoly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thursday 13 March 2003 1:17 pm, you wrote: > > Dear Luggers, > > i am downloading the mails from a mail server on a linux box using > > fetchmail. the linux box also runs sendmail. but the attachment doesn't > get > > downloaded. plz look at the last line in logs which says > > fetchmail: message 1 was not the expected length (992 actual != 149192 > > expected) is it a mime problem? > > > fetchmail: message 1 was not the expected length (992 actual != 149192 > > expected) > > > > > > Anil Mare > > What version of fetchmail do you use? A better place to post the message > would be the fetchmail list. > > However, I'd suggest that you upgrade to the newer version of fetchmail. The > > reason being the guys on the fetchmail list will tell you to do so before > they look into it. See note below for latest announcement on fetchmail > release and website info. > > Regards > > Rishi > > > Note! �The fetchmail website has MOVED! > > The 6.2.2 release of fetchmail is now available at the usual locations, > including <URL:http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail>. > > The source archive is available at: > <URL:http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.2.2.tar.gz> > > Here are the release notes: > > fetchmail-6.2.2 (Fri Feb 28 21:34:26 EST 2003), 22345 lines: > > * Sunil Shetye's patch to improve behavior in empty messages. > * Conform to RFC2595; reissue capability probes after successful > � STARTTLS negotiation. > * Sunil's patch to make handling of failed STARTTLS more graceful. > * Sunil's JF2 fix patch for .fetchmailrc security fix. > * Christophe GIAUME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> finished the implementation > � of RFC2177 IDLE. > * Jason Tishler's fix patch for Cygwin. > * Support ssh-style authentication in POP3 > > There are 554 people on fetchmail-friends and 727 on fetchmail-announce. > > Cleanup and bugfix release. �Matthias Andree is going to try to do some > audacious things with the build system next. > > By popular demand, diffs from the previous release have been omitted. > -- > ����������������<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> > > There's a truism that the road to Hell is often paved with good intentions. > The corollary is that evil is best known not by its motives but by its > *methods*. > > _______________________________________________ > Fetchmail-announce mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ccil.org/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-announce > > > > -- > > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Anil Mare Logix Consultancy Group Pvt. Ltd. 1, Ashoka Complex, Ranade Rd., Dadar(W), Mumbai, IN Ph : 24211860, 24366591, 24376857 -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
