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RE: [fetchmail]Need to adjust HELO domain and Mail From: used by fetchmail

2004-11-23 11:05:13
Please Share your workaround as I am also stuck by this

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Laurence Moore wrote: 
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, David C Niemi wrote: 
Yes, you have it right. It is not just a matter of PostFix rejecting the 
mail; I could configure PostFix differently, but only at the expense of 
letting in vast quantities of spam. So I really want to be able to 
distinguish this email by having it use a proper hostname on the HELO 
line. I get the impression that Fetchmail doesn't let you control what it 
says on the HELO line, though I couldn't quite find it in the 
documentation. 

Perhaps you could include 127.0.0.1 in $mynetworks of postfix and setup 
your helo checks accordingly. 

It is already in $mynetworks, as it generally is. The problem is not at 
the session level, it is what fetchmail says IN the session. And 
unfortunately the HELO checks in Postfix don't distinguish between trusted 
sessions and untrusted ones. 

Meanwhile, I've found a workaround in which I directly use the mail file, 
and don't even use fetchmail, which seems to be working. 

I'm still interested in learning how to control what fetchmail uses for 
its hostname if someone finds a way, for future reference. Thanks for 
everyone's responses. 

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| David C Niemi (Reston, VA, USA) niemi at tuxers dot net | 
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| Initiative, unlike vengeance, is a dish best served hot. | 
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