From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 19 23:28:43 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2288016A433 for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:28:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from betty.computinginnovations.com (dsl081-142-072.chi1.dsl.speakeasy.net [64.81.142.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73E8943D4C for ; Fri, 19 May 2006 23:28:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@computinginnovations.com) Received: from p17.computinginnovations.com (dhcp-10-20-30-100.computinginnovations.com [10.20.30.100]) (authenticated bits=0) by betty.computinginnovations.com (8.13.6/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4JNSQ4b067693; Fri, 19 May 2006 18:28:26 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <6.0.0.22.2.20060519182721.026726a8@mail.computinginnovations.com> X-Sender: derek@mail.computinginnovations.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.0.22 Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 18:28:22 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Derek Ragona In-Reply-To: <20060519190708.9822.GERARD@seibercom.net> References: <20060519190708.9822.GERARD@seibercom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ComputingInnovations-MailScanner-From: derek@computinginnovations.com X-Spam-Status: No Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Problem POPing mail X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 23:28:43 -0000 Some SPAM has badly formed headers that trip up POP. You can log onto the system with the bad mail file and use pine to clear it. -Derek At 06:20 PM 5/19/2006, Gerard Seibert wrote: >FreeBSD 6.1 > >I am using fetchmail to collect my mail and store it on my server. I >currently have three other PC's connect on this LAN. I have Qpopper >installed to allow me to access the mail on one of the other PC's if I >want. > >Fetchmail has been gathering mail from SPAMCOP.net for me for several >months without incident. I have a user named spamcop that fetchmail >feeds the mail from SPAMCOP into. > >Something has happened to that folder. Qpopper will no longer access it. >This is the log entries in the /var/log/messages file: > >May 19 18:54:48 seibercom qpopper[98226]: spamcop at boss (192.168.0.4): >-ERR POP EOF or I/O Error > >May 19 18:54:48 seibercom qpopper[98226]: Stats: spamcop 0 0 128 >36944163 boss 192.168.0.4 > >May 19 18:54:54 seibercom qpopper[98226]: I/O error flushing output to >client spamcop at boss [192.168.0.4]: Operation not permitted (1) > >May 19 18:59:31 seibercom qpopper[298]: spamcop at boss (192.168.0.4): >-ERR POP EOF or I/O Error > >May 19 18:59:31 seibercom qpopper[298]: Stats: spamcop 0 0 129 36950086 >boss 192.168.0.4 > >May 19 18:59:37 seibercom qpopper[298]: I/O error flushing output to >client spamcop at boss [192.168.0.4]: Operation not perm >itted (1) > >Boss is the name of one of my other PC's. > >I used pico to check out the spamcop file, and it came up with a message >stating: File Has Long Line. I do not know what that means. I tried >copying the file to a new name, clearing out the old file and copying >the contents back, but Qpopper will still not access it. > >I have temporarily moved the contents to a new file and cleaned out the >original. Qpopper is again accessing the file. > >What could be wrong with the file, and is there anyway that I can fix it. >There is quite a bit of mail in it and I would rather not lose it. I >have been reading it via the console, but that is not what I want to do. > >Thanks! > >-- >Gerard Seibert >gerard@seibercom.net > >_______________________________________________ >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" > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean. >MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support.