I posted a note to the BTS that this is maybe not a bug. In the source code, it's documented as being a deliberate decision of the designer. My apologies if this reply goes to too many lists and people. On Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:21:45 +0100, Christian Kurz wrote: >> Package: fetchmail (main) >> Maintainer: Paul Haggart <phaggart@debian.org> >> 43139 fetchmail flushed after failed delivery > >No information in the BTS available.