Re: fetchmail

[Carl Mummert <mummert@cs.wcu.edu>]

>> 1 message for linus159 at mail.server.se (4122 octets).
>> reading message 1 of 1 (4122 octets) .fetchmail: SMTP listner
>> doesn't like recipient address 'linus@localhost'
>> fetchmail: can't even send to linus
>> fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from mail.server.se
>> fetchmail: Query status=10


try sending a mail message to 'linux@localhost' from any other mailer.  If
this bounces, then what you need to do is enable relaying for localhost.
I assume you are using exim (it's the default now); for some strange reason,
the configuration script does not enable realying from 127.0.0.1, which breaks
a lot of things.  I always have to go in and edit the exim.conf manually,
although lately I have just begun to install smail instead.

Someone else will need to tell you the syntax for the exim.conf line;
I don't remember it and don't have a working copy available.

Carl