Re: fetchmail, why does it do this?
On Tue, Feb 09, 1999 at 12:01:16AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote:
>
> Well, maybe fetchmail gives up completely at the first
> broken message?
At least, thats what it does here.
> > But debian.virtual.de.host is my own system, and I am able to _MAIL_ to
> > tester@debian.virtual.de.host, it appears in his spool file, only fetchmail
> > won't get it back...
>
> Configuration problems may have the strangest results. :-)
> I don't know the details of your setup, but mailing to
> tester@localhost (or just tester) shouldn't involve fetchmail
> at all? Such mail ought to be delivered locally - no need
> to fetch from a remote pop server. Or do you route even the local mail
> via your ISP?
> Similiarly - mail to tester@debian.virtual.de.host shouldn't need
> to go outside either, as long as the domain debian.virtual.de.host
> refer to your machine *only*.
>
> Helge Hafting
>
Well, your perfectly right, normally local mail stays local, I just set
up fetchmail in the way described above, to test my settings.
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