actually, "hang" is too strong, but that is effectively the result. On
messages like the following, fetchmail dutifully logs an error and refuses to
process the message. every time. which means it stops retrieving other
messages. major :(
telnetting in to clear the message, I see:
+OK Mailbox open, 103 messages
top 1 0
+OK Top of message follows
Return-Path: <I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE>
Received: from dsl-201-128-39-212.prod-infinitum.com.mx
(dsl-201-128-39-212.prod-infinitum.com.mx [201.128.39.212] (may be
forged))
by mail2.1stnetusa.COM (8.12.11/8.12.10) with SMTP id i8LM4kj6025683
for <adddress removed to protect the innocent>; Tue, 21 Sep 2004
15:04:47 -0700
X-Message-Info: KP/t+652+lcs/A+71/372178489539238
Received: from smtp-withhold(_dot_)antler(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE
([201.128.39.212]) by
l330-tiy6(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE with Microsoft
SMTPSVC(5.0.8288.7927);
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:38:15 -0100
Received: from euthanasia204(_dot_)cuckoo(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE
(wily534(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE [201.128.39.212])
by smtp-clod(_dot_)alphanumeric(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE
(Postfix) with SMTP
id 9ZU6LV53LPAQ
for <ditto above comment>; Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:41:15 -0600
Received: from
smtp-daredevil(_dot_)bellwether(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE
([201.128.39.212])
by gp6-op73(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE with Microsoft
SMTPSVC(5.0.3254.0054);
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:33:15 -0400
X-Message-Info: ZXSA+%ND_LC_CHAR[1-3]3+lkp+I+7/2295432648
Received: from locust(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE ([7.177.36.236]) by
bartok(_dot_)I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE with MailEnable ESMTP;
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:42:15 -0400
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 02:33:15 +0400
Message-Id: <9718335789(_dot_)79465(_at_)I[5-]@doramail.comE>
From: Alexandra Seay <I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE>
To: <ditto again>
Subject: Free Viagra
MIME-Version: 1.0 (produced by techniqueinefficacy 1.5)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="--5050640698139705"
Status: RO
.
dele 1
+OK Message deleted
quit
+OK Sayonara
Connection closed by foreign host.
osnut:/var/log #
I've removed the recipient's address [obviously my mom gets enough spam as it
is] since it isn't the "problem". The problem seems to be the "from" address
of <I[5-](_at_)doramail(_dot_)comE> -- the fetchmail log says something like
fetchmail: reading message ### for <userid>:1 of 102 (1932 octets) fetchmail:
SMTP error: 501 Bad address syntax
fetchmail: not flushed
hold the phone -- I just did some more checking, and I think the problem stems
from the fact that MY server isn't accepting this address. I gather
fetchmail is masquerading as the sending user, and my smtp server is
rejecting these when fetchmail tries to send it "locally"? if so, what
can/should I do to allow fetchmail to continue in this case?
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