I said I would post the output from fetchmail -vvv when I lost another mail.
It has happened again and I've attached extracts from the logs
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Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP error: 501 <pielessn@>: domain
missing or malformed
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: 6.3.9-rc2 querying pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
(protocol POP3) at Sun Aug 10 17:20:50 2008: poll started
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Trying to connect to
217.12.10.100/995...connected.
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Issuer Organization: Equifax
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Unknown Issuer CommonName
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Server CommonName: pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk key fingerprint:
40:6B:F5:AB:23:AF:2F:B0:66:9B:A7:6A:7B:6D:3A:B7
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK hello from popgate 2.39.2 on
pop010.mail.ukl.yahoo.com
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> CAPA
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK CAPA list follows
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< EXPIRE NEVER
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION popgate 2.39.2
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< PIPELINING
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< RESP-CODES
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< TOP
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< UIDL
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< USER
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< .
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> USER bns_robson
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK password required.
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> PASS *
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK maildrop ready, 1 message
(901 octets) (1415)
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: selecting or re-polling default folder
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> STAT
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK 1 901
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> LAST
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK 0
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: 1 message for bns_robson at
pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk (901 octets).
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> LIST 1
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK 1 901
Aug 10 17:20:50 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK 908 octets
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 of
1 (901 octets)
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: About to rewrite To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rewritten version is To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: About to rewrite From: Adib
<pielessn@>^M Rewritten version is From: Adib <pielessn@>^M
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Trying to connect to
127.0.0.1/25...connected.
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 220 compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
ESMTP Exim 4.69 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:20:51 +0100
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> EHLO compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250-compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
Hello fetchmail at localhost [127.0.0.1]
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250-SIZE 52428800
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250 HELP
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: forwarding to localhost
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<pielessn@> SIZE=901
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 501 <pielessn@>: domain missing
or malformed
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP error: 501 <pielessn@>: domain
missing or malformed
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: Trying to connect to
127.0.0.1/25...connected.
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 220 compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
ESMTP Exim 4.69 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:20:51 +0100
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> HELO compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250 compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
Hello fetchmail at localhost [127.0.0.1]
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<>
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250 OK
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> RCPT TO:<pielessn@>
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 501 <pielessn@>: domain missing
or malformed
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> QUIT
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 221 compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
closing connection
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> RSET
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 250 Reset OK
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 was not the
expected length (908 actual != 901 expected)
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: flushed
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> DELE 1
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK message 1 marked deleted
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3> QUIT
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: POP3< +OK server signing off.
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP> QUIT
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: SMTP< 221 compaq.bnsrobson.cjb.net
closing connection
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: 6.3.9-rc2 querying pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
(protocol POP3) at Sun Aug 10 17:20:51 2008: poll completed
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: not swapping UID lists, no UIDs seen
this query
Aug 10 17:20:51 compaq fetchmail[2619]: sleeping at Sun Aug 10 17:20:51 2008
for 300 seconds