> At 21:26 04.02.99 +0100, you wrote: > > > >> (I get some obscure errors, suddenly: > >> skipping message 880 not flushed > >> reading message 881 of 1261 (3233 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 > <@public.uni-hamburg.de> : colon expected after route > >> fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 <ingo> : sender address must contain a domain > >Someone put a domain-less address in the sender-field, and your > >smtp software is rejecting it for that reason. Not a fetchmail problem. > > But then, it shouldn't stop fetchmail from downloading the other mails on > my server, should it? > Well, maybe fetchmail gives up completely at the first broken message? > >> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from public.uni-hamburg.de > >> ) > >> > >> I found this: > >> I have a local user named tester, and try to get his mail with fetchmail, > >> this works only if I send to address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> it does not work with: tester or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >This is not a fetchmail problem, it is your smtp software. (exim/smail/ > >sendmail/...) It is set up to allow mail to/from only some > >domains, debian.virtual.de.host is apparently not one of them. > >You may have to set it up so it appends a default domain > >when you enter only a username too. > > But debian.virtual.de.host is my own system, and I am able to _MAIL_ to > [EMAIL PROTECTED], it appears in his spool file, only fetchmail > won't get it back...
Configuration problems may have the strangest results. :-) I don't know the details of your setup, but mailing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or just tester) shouldn't involve fetchmail at all? Such mail ought to be delivered locally - no need to fetch from a remote pop server. Or do you route even the local mail via your ISP? Similiarly - mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] shouldn't need to go outside either, as long as the domain debian.virtual.de.host refer to your machine *only*. Helge Hafting
