Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:31:02 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetchmail strangeness Message-ID: <20031009153101.GA54066@keyslapper.org> In-Reply-To: <200310100023.35223.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200310100023.35223.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On 10/10/03 12:23 AM, Malcolm Kay sat at the `puter and typed: > I'm using fetchmail to retrieve email from my isp, and getting the > following message in /var/log/maillog repeated at about the fetchmail > polling rate: > > Oct 9 00:00:01 beta sm-mta[5995]: h98EU11h005995: Syntax error in mailbox address "cf4lsn@adsenger.com?" (non-printable character) > Oct 9 00:00:01 beta sm-mta[5995]: h98EU11h005995: from=<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@beta.home>, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=localhost.home [127.0.0.1] > > I haven't been able to find the source of the reference: > cf4lsn@adsenger.com I'll bet it has to do with the return address of a spam message that was sent you. I've seen fetchmail refuse to fetch a number of messages because the return address would not resolve, but it seems you've got one with an unprintable character in the address. When this happens, I usually break down and connect with Netscape to delete the message. I've never gotten around to figuring out how to tell fetchmail to just shut up and flush the message, whether it fetches it or not. HTH Lou -- Louis LeBlanc leblanc@keyslapper.org Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ Solutions are obvious if one only has the optical power to observe them over the horizon. -- K.A. Arsdall
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