Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:45:16 +0100 From: SD <swampdog@ntlworld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fetchmail/Sendmail rejects Message-ID: <200408141945.17491.swampdog@ntlworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200408141740.58105.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200408141740.58105.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Saturday 14 August 2004 09:10, Malcolm Kay wrote: > I run fetchmail in daemon mode to download > POP3 mail from my ISP. > > Sendmail rejects many messages as for example: > Aug 14 16:59:33 beta sm-mta[35000]: i7E7DYje035000: > ruleset=check_mail, arg1=<fbbjqwvcydimv@lightspeedcredit.com>, > relay=localhost.home [127.0.0.1], reject=451 > 4.1.8 Domain of sender address fbbjqwvcydimv@lightspeedcredit.com > does not resolve > > I am quite happy to have these rejected but it seems they don't > get deleted at the ISP end and clog up the mail box, I think > eventually confusing fetchmail. "-Z 451" on cli will have fetchmail trash all messages for which MTA returns code 451. There's an equivilent fetchmailrc option (antispam iirc). > Is there some reasonable way of disposing of these messages. I would > prefer not to download these into my normal user mailbox but I would > be quite happy to divert them to some pseudo user setup for the > purpose. I would imagine sendmail can be coaxed into doing this, but > how? > > Responding to 2 or 3 lists using a valid e-mail address means that > I receive a lot of spam including much with unresolvable addresses. > > I would appreciate any ideas. > > Malcolm > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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