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Re: [fetchmail]"message size exceeds fixed limit" error

2005-09-13 09:09:43
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On 13/09/05, Alan I <alanitech(_at_)yahoo(_dot_)com> wrote:

Anyway, I took a harder look at the manual and tried
running "fetchmail -v -limit 0". The command didn't
download any oversized message -- but then again, I
haven't gotten the error from my cron job in a few
days, so maybe the server has purged its queue.

As an academic point, here's my .fetchmailrc . I
suppose I would want to add "limit 0" if I saw the
error again?

poll mail.<server>.com
        proto pop3
        user "<server user>"
        pass "<server password>"
        is <local user>
        nokeep
        fetchall
        sslproto ''

Nothing there to indicate you've defined a limit.

Next time, try "fetchmail -v -v" to identify the problem.  It could
also be that you're trying to download a message larger than the one
your local mail server supports.  Try increasing the limit there too.

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Rob MacGregor
      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he 
        doesn't become a monster.                  Friedrich Nietzsche

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