>>>>> "rr" == Richard Rager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
rr> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Kevin A. Pieckiel wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> When I use fetchmail, I inevitably get messages saying that the
>> message was not the expected length:
>>
>> fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 2147483647
>> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4161 octets
>> fetchmail: reading message 1 of 1 (4161 bytes)
>> fetchmail: about to deliver with: /usr/bin/procmail
>> /etc/procmailrcs/procmailrc
>> #******************************************************************************)
>> fetchmail: message 1 was not the expected length (4274 != 4161)
>> fetchmail: flushed
>> fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
>> fetchmail: POP3< +OK
>>
>> This causes many problems because this is being fetched from a
>> multi-drop box. When I get this error message, I find that each
>> incorrectly sized message has the next message concatenated to it
>> and the From header has been mangled to a >From line. I have
>> tried going through the diags in the FAQ for fetchmail. This is
>> running on a RHL 5.1 system. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
>> My users would appreciate their mail, and their privacy! How do
>> I get fetchmail to get the messages correctly from the pop3
>> server?
>>
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> --
rr> Kevin I have the same problem it happen with large headers. I posted a
rr> message before and not real solutions pop up.
rr> I am waiting too. I call mine sticky mail.
Maybe you guys ought to try the fetchmail-list where you can get direct
help from Eric Raymond.
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