RE: problem fetchmail, exim

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 31-May-99 Harald Kretzschmar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I get the following message from fetchmail:
> (as root only for testing!)
> 
> matrox:~# fetchmail -f /root/.fetchmailrc 
> 1 message for thuer at mail.de.uu.net (3082 octets).
> reading message 1 of 1 (3082 octets) .fetchmail: SMTP listener 
> doesn't like recipient address `hk@localhost'
> fetchmail: can't even send to postmaster!
> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.de.uu.net
> fetchmail: Query status=10
> 
> on my installed slink 2.1.
> I'm new with slink linux and I hope some experts can help me.
> 
> .fetchmailrc :
> 
> poll "mail.de.uu.net"
> protocol pop3
> username "thuer" is "hk"
> password "********"
> 
> Must I change the recipient address to my e-mail address, where?
> bye Harald

Here is mine.  You can use fetchmailconf to make your first one, then edit as
you please.

poll myisp.net.net with proto POP3
       user "pollywog" there with password "mypassword" is
pollywog@shadypond.com here
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          just "pollywog" would do here


--
Andrew