Tim Krell on Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:48:35 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [Plug] OK, I think I found part of the problem with fetchmail


I'm running the newest version of Sendmail

-Tim

"Michael C. Toren" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Tim Krell wrote:
> 
> > OK, here's a snippet from a fetchmail -v I ran...I've included the part
> > I think is pertinent to my problem here...
> >
> > fetchmail: SMTP< 451 <darwin@hobbiton.org>...Sender domain must resolve
> > fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 <darwin@hobbiton.org>... Sender domain must
> > resolve
> >
> > i *think* this is something being sent FROM the mail server at SNiP TO
> > my fetchmail...I'm not thinking I have a local problem here, that it may
> > be an error with SNiP, but if so, why would Netscape Messenger be able
> > to retrieve the messages?  That's the only question that keeps popping
> 
> Hi Tim,
> 
> I think you're a bit confused about how Fetchmail operates.
> 
> Under normal circumstances, Fetchmail connects via POP3 or IMAP to the
> server you specify, retrieves messages, and then establishes an SMTP
> connection to the localhost to deliver them.  It's not SNiP you are
> seeing attempt to deliver messages to Fetchmail, it's Fetchmail trying
> to deliver messages to you.
> 
> Can you tell us what MTA (mail transport agent) you are running on your
> Linux box?  Sendmail, smail, ssmtp?  It sounds like the answer lies there.
> 
> -mct
> 
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