Re: fetchmail

From: Anonymous (nobody@nowhere.co.uk)
Date: 06/17/02


Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:39:04 GMT
From: Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>


Tony Curtis <tony_curtis32@yahoo.com> writes:

> >> On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 12:35:51 GMT,
> >> Anonymous <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> said:
>
> > Hi, I got what is no doubt a junk mail stuck on the smtp
> > server, fetchmail complains with smtp error 451 sender
> > address does not resolve, and won't download or delete
> > this mail, how can I get rid of this mail?, and is there
> > a prog that lets you see and read and delete mail on the
> > smtp server without fetching it?
>
> SMTP is for system delivery, not for user agents to
> download mail. So are you actually talking to a POP3
> server, IMAP or something else? Or is this an
> ETRN-to-authenticate-first type scenario?
>
> "fetchmail -v" might give you more info about what's going
> on.

Here fetchmail output:

fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 2145
fetchmail: 1 message for XXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXX (2145 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3< 1 2145
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2145 bytes
fetchmail: reading message 1 of 1 (2145 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.4/8.11.4; Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:27:53 GMT
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-localhost.localdomain Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ONEX
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XUSR
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<iugtxlnjmk@labalaba.com> BODY=8BITMIME SIZE=2145
fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 <iugtxlnjmk@labalaba.com>... Domain of sender address iugtxlnjmk@labalaba.com does not resolve
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 Reset state
fetchmail: not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 server closing connection

All other messages download ok, but this one seems to hang on in there!!.

What do I do?, help. Don't recognise the address so assume spam!.

>
> hth
> t

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