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Re: [fetchmail] Garbage in Return-Path causes 501 in MTA

2003-07-12 08:50:49
Robert Vazan <robertvazan(_at_)privateweb(_dot_)sk> writes:

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:04:43 +0200 Matthias Andree 
<ma(_at_)dt(_dot_)e-technik(_dot_)uni-dortmund(_dot_)de> wrote:

If you're not using multidrop, you can use the mda option of fetchmail
to avoid MasqMail and hand the mail off to procmail directly.

I am using it now and it works. Thanks. It might still be nice feature
to handle such situations without extra local setup.

The question is: is this a "feature"?

Normally, the Return-Path: header is added by the software that delivers
the mail into your mailbox, apparently Exchange in your setup.

It also appears as though the Return-Path: header was incomplete or
corrupt, and from your report, Exchange is the suspect.

Send yourself a mail with
( echo "subject: test" ; echo ; date ) | /usr/sbin/sendmail -f '<>' YOURADDRESS

and check if that triggers the problem.

I'm getting timeouts on these, so I can't make a more qualified
suggestion than above.

Sorry, broken router and no redundancy... It should work now.

Is this message still on your POP3 or IMAP server (Exchange, I presume)?
If so, can you obtain it verbatim by telnetting into the server and
retrieving the message manually?

-- 
Matthias Andree