Thanks Rizwan,it's just one of the hundreds of things
I'd like to learn about qmail/fetchmail.
Marco.
On 19-Apr-2001 Rizwan wrote:
>
>
> I mean use the ip_address of the SMTP server in the .fetchmailrc file
>
> Rizwan
>
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Marco Calistri wrote:
>> Hello this is a very elementary question but I had mail lost
>> due to a wrong configuration of my /var/qmail/control/locals.
>>
>> Using fetchmail as mail retrieval I used the line:
>>
>> smtphost localhost
>> into .fetchmailrc
>>
>> Then since qmail host has an unknown domain name,
>> I changed the file /var/qmail/control/defaulthost
>> from linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org (private unknow name)
>> to ik5bcu.ampr.org (my AMPRNET domain name)
>>
>> Messages are now accepted also from servers who require
>> a FQDN (kernel.vger.edu):
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> Connected to 199.183.24.194 but sender was rejected.
>> Remote host said: 553 5.4.3 For MAIL FROM address
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> the policy analysis reports DNS error with
>> your
>> source domain.
>>
>> But MAILER-DAEMON@qmail now seems to be addressed to
>> ik5bcu.ampr.org instead to linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org
>>
>> <ik5bcu@localhost>:
>> Sorry. Although I'm listed as a best-preference MX or A for that host,
>> it isn't in my control/locals file, so I don't treat it as local. (#5.4.6)
>> --- Below this line is a copy of the message.
>>
>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Received: (qmail 1289 invoked from network); 18 Apr 2001 12:57:27 -0000
>> Received: from localhost (HELO box.tin.it) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>> by localhost with SMTP; 18 Apr 2001 12:57:27 -0000
>> Received: from linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org ([213.217.186.123])
>> by fep22-svc.tin.it (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113)
>> with SMTP
>>
>> So ignoring where the problem was I changed
>> .fetchmailrc putting the line:
>> ssmtphost linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org
>> and removing localhost from /var/qmail/control/locals
>>
>> I did this on the wrong moment:qmail was running with
>> previous configuration so when I retrieved mail from
>> my ISP 73 messages have been lost because they was
>> addressed to localhost.
>>
>> The final of this long and unclear description is:
>> what is the right and safe use of localhost
>> (if any!)
>> inside /control/locals or /control/rcpthosts?
>>
>> What a better workaround about DNS problem:
>> using qmail hostname linux.ik5bcu.ampr.org as defaulthost
>> without servers complains as vger.kernel.edu?
>>
>> --
>> Regards,: Marco Calistri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> gpg key available on http://www.qsl.net/ik5bcu
>> Xfmail 1.4.7p2 on linux RedHat 6.2
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