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[fetchmail-users] how to read emial(with attachment) from mailserver(pop3) using my application

[raj p. <ami...@gm...>]

Helo
my applicatin setup is given below.
my pc which is running on fedora 6 which is connected to local
mailserver(pop3) via LAN.

now i want to write application in my fedora pc which retrieve my mails
from mailserver and application is able to read this email.
i m using c++ language.
another approach is
if above is not possible then
after my email comes from mailserver to my personalaccount (fedora pc)
i want to write application which retrieve email from my user account and
want to read it from my application .

Plz help me
best Regards,
Amit

Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/7/07, Florian <ts...@ag...> wrote:
>
> The system has several ip-addresses. Every ip-address corresponds to an
> valid name in the DNS (forward and reverse). I'd like to use one of
> these names for fetchmail-EHLO.
> Is there a onfig-value for customizing the EHLO-String?

See below :)

> Can fetchmail be bound to a certail outgoing interface (like e.g.
> postfix : smtp_bind_address)?

No.

> How is the EHLO-String determined?

As I said, it appears to be determined from the system's hostname - ie
the output of the "hostname" command.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Local FQDN

[Rob F. <rf...@fu...>]

Dave Coventry wrote:
> Rob MacGregor wrote:
> > Change the system's hostname, ie so that "hostname" provides
> > "myhostname.mydomain.de" rather than just "myhostname".
>
> I have never really understood how this works. Surely "mydomain.de"
> would have to be registered first?

Not if you pick one that can't be registered, e.g. mydomain.local.

> If I arbitrarily select a domain for my internal network, say
> "baynet.com", and there exists a registered URL on the web of the same
> name, isn't there scope for confusion?

Yes.  Don't do that.  Pick a name that *can't* match one of the 
(relatively) few top-level domains (.org, .com, .net, .info, .museum, and 
some others, plus the country codes like .de and .us).

Or even better, register your own domain and make a local subdomain under 
that.  :-)

> In fact, I have a machine on my network just called "Janus" and if I
> put that into my browser I frequently get
> "https://ww3.janus.com/Janus/Retail/HomePage".

Yeah, browsers expect at least a fully-qualified domain name (e.g. 
janus.com), and if you just type a bare machine name the browser will 
start guessing top-level domains (.com, .org., .net).  If you want your 
local machine you need to make that unambiguous by setting up a local 
domain (and probably local DNS) and using that.

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[fetchmail-users] Local FQDN

[Dave C. <dc...@do...>]

Hi,

I don't want to hijack the "Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo" 
thread, but I would like to ask a question about something raised there.

Rob MacGregor wrote:
> Change the system's hostname, ie so that "hostname" provides
> "myhostname.mydomain.de" rather than just "myhostname".
>   
I have never really understood how this works. Surely "mydomain.de" 
would have to be registered first?

If I arbitrarily select a domain for my internal network, say 
"baynet.com", and there exists a registered URL on the web of the same 
name, isn't there scope for confusion?

In fact, I have a machine on my network just called "Janus" and if I put 
that into my browser I frequently get 
"https://ww3.janus.com/Janus/Retail/HomePage".

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Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo

[Florian <ts...@ag...>]

Rob MacGregor schrieb:
> On 6/7/07, Florian <ts...@ag...> wrote:
>   
>> Hello List,
>>
>> i installed fetchmail 6.3.8+SSL on Trustix.
>> Fetching of Mails works, but delivering the mails crashes:
>>     
>
> Contents of .fetchmailrc?
>
> In my case, presumably because I've used "set invisible" I see "EHLO
> <remote server>".  If I don't set that then I see "EHLO <hostname>".
>   
poll pop.gmx.net proto pop3 user "myf...@gm..." password
"password" is "my...@my..."
fetchall

fetchmail ist called for testing just with : "fetchmail -v"

I'll try the "set invisible"
>> How can the HELO/EHLO string be changed?
>>     
>
> Change the system's hostname, ie so that "hostname" provides
> "myhostname.mydomain.de" rather than just "myhostname".
>   
The system has several ip-addresses. Every ip-address corresponds to an
valid name in the DNS (forward and reverse). I'd like to use one of
these names for fetchmail-EHLO.
Is there a onfig-value for customizing the EHLO-String?
Can fetchmail be bound to a certail outgoing interface (like e.g.
postfix : smtp_bind_address)?
How is the EHLO-String determined?
>> According to rfc 2821 i'd like use the fqdn "myhostname.mydomain.de" as
>> EHLO-String.
>>
>> "4.1.1.1  Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO)
>> [...] The argument field contains the fully-qualified domain name
>> of the SMTP client if one is available."
>>     
>
> Given how few clients actually obey that, if you expect any clients to
> connect to that server it's probably best to relax that check.
>   
I use this check for Spam protection and it works very well! You are
right, that this is a source for false-positives ;-(
I'd like to form my own outgoing traffic in an rfc-conform manner.

Florian

Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo

[Rob F. <rf...@fu...>]

Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Florian <ts...@ag...> wrote:
> > "4.1.1.1  Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO)
> > [...] The argument field contains the fully-qualified domain name
> > of the SMTP client if one is available."
>
> Given how few clients actually obey that, if you expect any clients to
> connect to that server it's probably best to relax that check.

In my experience it's actually best to relax it for yourself and 
authenticated (initial-submit) users, but enforce it for random internet 
clients.  That blocks a lot of spam while still allowing the broken 
clients that are OK to be broken.

Similarly, it's quite useful to have the MTA to block outside clients who 
use the *server's* FQDN in the HELO.  Amazing how much spam that blocks 
without losing legitimate mail.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/7/07, Florian <ts...@ag...> wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> i installed fetchmail 6.3.8+SSL on Trustix.
> Fetching of Mails works, but delivering the mails crashes:

Contents of .fetchmailrc?

In my case, presumably because I've used "set invisible" I see "EHLO
<remote server>".  If I don't set that then I see "EHLO <hostname>".

> How can the HELO/EHLO string be changed?

Change the system's hostname, ie so that "hostname" provides
"myhostname.mydomain.de" rather than just "myhostname".

> According to rfc 2821 i'd like use the fqdn "myhostname.mydomain.de" as
> EHLO-String.
>
> "4.1.1.1  Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO)
> [...] The argument field contains the fully-qualified domain name
> of the SMTP client if one is available."

Given how few clients actually obey that, if you expect any clients to
connect to that server it's probably best to relax that check.

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[fetchmail-users] change helo/ehlo

[Florian <ts...@ag...>]

Hello List,

i installed fetchmail 6.3.8+SSL on Trustix.
Fetching of Mails works, but delivering the mails crashes:

fetchmail: SMTP< 220 mail.mydomain.de ESMTP Postfix
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO myhostname
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-mail.mydomain.de
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 10240000
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VRFY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<yy...@zz...> BODY=7BIT SIZE=1020
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<xx...@my...>
fetchmail: SMTP< 450 <myhostname>: Helo command rejected: Host not found
fetchmail: SMTP error: 450 <myhostname>: Helo command rejected: Host not
found
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Ok

How can the HELO/EHLO string be changed?

According to rfc 2821 i'd like use the fqdn "myhostname.mydomain.de" as
EHLO-String.

"4.1.1.1  Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO)
[...] The argument field contains the fully-qualified domain name
of the SMTP client if one is available."

Thanks in advance,

Florian

Re: [fetchmail-users] multi-drop doesn't work (anymore)

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/4/07, Edwin Schepers <ye...@fa...> wrote:
> Hello,
> Using fetchmail on RH7.3 ( I believe it was version 5.9.0), multidrop worked
> like a charm. Now I upgraded to FC6 with fetchmail 6.3.4 and multidrop
> doesn't work anymore. I have tried a lot, but no success.
> I keep getting the message "fetchmail: no local matches, forwarding to andre"

Note that 6.3.8 is current and you should consider upgrading.

> I am now using the following .fetchmailrc
> set postmaster "andre"
> poll pop.mailserver.nl aka popq.mailserver.nl aka mydomain.nl aka olm aka
> localhost.localdomain options envelope 'X-Envelope-To' no dns with proto POP3
>         user '***' with password '***' to
>                 'info'='andre' andre
>                 'kuiper'='rolf' rolf
>                 'hagedoorn'='willy' willy
>         here

Ok, can you confirm that the "X-Envelope-To" header is present in each email?

Next, can you provide the output of "fetchmail --nosyslog --nodetach
-vvv" (as mentioned in the FAQ) for a problem email.

It is possible that, during the upgrade, your didn't preserve the
configuration of your local SMTP server and it's now no longer
accepting email for the domain(s) in question, hence the error from
fetchmail.  One test would be to email "an...@my..." from the
command line.

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[fetchmail-users] multi-drop doesn't work (anymore)

[Edwin S. <ye...@fa...>]

Hello,
Using fetchmail on RH7.3 ( I believe it was version 5.9.0), multidrop worked 
like a charm. Now I upgraded to FC6 with fetchmail 6.3.4 and multidrop 
doesn't work anymore. I have tried a lot, but no success.
I keep getting the message "fetchmail: no local matches, forwarding to andre"

I am now using the following .fetchmailrc
set postmaster "andre"
poll pop.mailserver.nl aka popq.mailserver.nl aka mydomain.nl aka olm aka 
localhost.localdomain options envelope 'X-Envelope-To' no dns with proto POP3
        user '***' with password '***' to
                'info'='andre' andre
                'kuiper'='rolf' rolf
                'hagedoorn'='willy' willy
        here

Can anyone help me out ?

Thanks,
Edwin

Re: [fetchmail-users] Using fetchmail with command line options only (no .fetchmailrc file)

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/4/07, Dennis Wollersheim <dew...@cs...> wrote:
> Hello fellow fetchmail'ers
>
> I am trying to use fetchmail from the command line, but I can't find
> examples of how to do it.  Specifically, I need it to get the password
> from the command line:
>
> I have tried something like the following
>
> fetchmail -S mail.target.com --keep --uidl poll mail.source.com proto
> POP3  user 'dewoller' password 'password' 'tar...@ta...'

Keep in mind that on many OSs any other user of the system will be
able to see the password in the process space.

> Failing this, is there a way to get fetchmail to read it's configuration
> from a designated run file, instead of the default '.fetchmailrc'?

Yes, the "-f" option:

http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-man.html#10

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[fetchmail-users] Using fetchmail with command line options only (no .fetchmailrc file)

[Dennis W. <dew...@cs...>]

Hello fellow fetchmail'ers

I am trying to use fetchmail from the command line, but I can't find 
examples of how to do it.  Specifically, I need it to get the password 
from the command line:

I have tried something like the following

fetchmail -S mail.target.com --keep --uidl poll mail.source.com proto 
POP3  user 'dewoller' password 'password' 'tar...@ta...'


Failing this, is there a way to get fetchmail to read it's configuration 
from a designated run file, instead of the default '.fetchmailrc'?

Thanks

Dennis

Re: [fetchmail-users] antispam

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/2/07, Nick Smith <nic...@gm...> wrote:
> I have several user/pass for accounts im checking here is one line:
> poll mail.mydomain.com
> with protocol pop3
> username myuser password mypassword is NSmith@mydomain.local

If I'd only wanted a sample I'd have asked for a sample.  However, the
snippets you've posted suggest that, for that account, the antispam
should be working.

> I see that "spambounce" is set to false, is that what i need to enable
> to make it reject it?

No.

> I cant seem to find where that is listed in any
> of the files....

Have a look at the man page :)

> It is a pre-made virtual machine, but ill look into it. it sould work
> without the upgrade right?

In theory, yes.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] antispam

[Nick S. <nic...@gm...>]

On 6/2/07, Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> On 6/2/07, Nick Smith <nic...@gm...> wrote:
> > I can seem to get fetchmail to flush mail marked with 450:
> <---SNIP--->
> > Im using this line in a fetchmail.sh in my rc.d directory:
> >
> > /usr/local/bin/fetchmail --syslog --antispam 450,451 -f
> > /usr/local/etc/fetchmail.cf
>
> What's in /usr/local/etc/fetchmail.cf?
>
I have several user/pass for accounts im checking here is one line:
poll mail.mydomain.com
with protocol pop3
username myuser password mypassword is NSmith@mydomain.local

> Also, what is the output if you append "--configdump" to your usual
> command line?
>
TRUE=1; FALSE=0

os_type = 'freebsd'
feature_options =
('pop2','pop3','imap','rpa','sdps','etrn','odmr','ssl','opie',)
# Start of configuration initializer
fetchmailrc = {
    'poll_interval':0,
    "logfile":None,
    "idfile":"/root/.fetchids",
    "postmaster":"postmaster",
    'bouncemail':TRUE,
    'spambounce':FALSE,
    "properties":None,
    'invisible':FALSE,
    'showdots':TRUE,
    'syslog':TRUE,
    # List of server entries begins here
    'servers': [
        # Entry for site `mail.mydomain.com' begins:
        {
            "pollname":"mail.mydomain.com",
            'active':TRUE,
            "via":None,
            "protocol":"POP3",
            "service":None,
            'timeout':300,
            'interval':0,
            "envelope":"Received",
            'envskip':0,
            "qvirtual":None,
            "auth":"any",
            'dns':TRUE,
            'uidl':FALSE,
            "aka":[],
            "localdomains":[],
            "interface":None,
            "monitor":None,
            "plugin":None,
            "plugout":None,
            "principal":None,
            'tracepolls':FALSE,
            'users': [
                {
                    "remote":"myuser",
                    "password":"password",
                    'localnames':["NSmith@mydomain.local"],
                    'fetchall':FALSE,
                    'keep':FALSE,
                    'flush':FALSE,
                    'limitflush':FALSE,
                    'rewrite':TRUE,
                    'stripcr':FALSE,
                    'forcecr':FALSE,
                    'pass8bits':FALSE,
                    'dropstatus':FALSE,
                    'dropdelivered':FALSE,
                    'mimedecode':FALSE,
                    'idle':FALSE,
                    "mda":None,
                    "bsmtp":None,
                    'lmtp':FALSE,
                    "preconnect":None,
                    "postconnect":None,
                    'limit':0,
                    'warnings':3600,
                    'fetchlimit':0,
                    'fetchsizelimit':100,
                    'fastuidl':10,
                    'batchlimit':0,
                    'ssl':FALSE,
                    "sslkey":None,
                    "sslcert":None,
                    "sslproto":None,
                    'sslcertck':FALSE,
                    "sslcertpath":None,
                    "sslfingerprint":None,
                    'expunge':0,
                    "properties":None,
                    "smtphunt":["localhost"],
                    "fetchdomains":[],
                    "smtpaddress":None,
                    "smtpname":None,
                    'antispam':'450 451',
                    "mailboxes":[],
                }

I see that "spambounce" is set to false, is that what i need to enable
to make it reject it? I cant seem to find where that is listed in any
of the files....

> > version info:
> > This is fetchmail release 6.3.2+POP2+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.
>
> Wouldn't hurt to get current - 6.3.8.
>
It is a pre-made virtual machine, but ill look into it. it sould work
without the upgrade right?

> I've certainly done this before and had the antispam working, so it's possible.
>
thats good to know, I hope i can get it working as well.
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Re: [fetchmail-users] antispam

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 6/2/07, Nick Smith <nic...@gm...> wrote:
> I can seem to get fetchmail to flush mail marked with 450:
<---SNIP--->
> Im using this line in a fetchmail.sh in my rc.d directory:
>
> /usr/local/bin/fetchmail --syslog --antispam 450,451 -f
> /usr/local/etc/fetchmail.cf

What's in /usr/local/etc/fetchmail.cf?

Also, what is the output if you append "--configdump" to your usual
command line?

> version info:
> This is fetchmail release 6.3.2+POP2+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.

Wouldn't hurt to get current - 6.3.8.

I've certainly done this before and had the antispam working, so it's possible.

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[fetchmail-users] antispam

[Nick S. <nic...@gm...>]

I can seem to get fetchmail to flush mail marked with 450:

Jun  2 15:44:03 mailfilter fetchmail[602]: reading message
my...@ma...:13 of 13 (17002 octets)
Jun  2 15:44:04 mailfilter postfix/smtpd[603]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT
from localhost[127.0.0.1]: 450 <mpa...@16...>: Sender
address rejected: Domain not found; from=<mpa...@16...>
to=<myuser@mydomain.local> proto=ESMTP
helo=<mailfilter.mydomain.local>
Jun  2 15:44:05 mailfilter fetchmail[602]: SMTP error: 450
<mpa...@16...>: Sender address rejected: Domain not
found
Jun  2 15:44:06 mailfilter fetchmail[602]:  not flushed

Im using this line in a fetchmail.sh in my rc.d directory:

/usr/local/bin/fetchmail --syslog --antispam 450,451 -f
/usr/local/etc/fetchmail.cf

But nothing seems to flush the mail, ive also tried -Z 450 with out success.

Is there something im doing wrong? Is there something else i could do
to accomplish this?  Im sorry if this has been brought up before, im
new to the list and have been battling this for over a week googling,
tweaking, reading archives and just cant get anything to work.

version info:
This is fetchmail release 6.3.2+POP2+RPA+SDPS+SSL+OPIE+NLS.

thanks for any help you can give

Nick

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 5/31/07, Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:

>   Thanks for pointing that out.  I scanned right past it and didn't think of the significance.  I ran 'ps aux'|grep sendmail couldn't find a version running on this test computer.  Ran 'ps aux'|grep postfix and found a running daemon.  So now I'm really confused.  When I run fetchmail I'm seeing nothing in my logs maillog or messages.  I guess I'll run a packet sniffer (just to double check), and recheck my postfix configuration.

Can I suggest that while you get this tested you add the "keep" and
"uidl" options so that you don't lose any more emails.  Then when
you're done you can change "keep" to "fetchall" and get all your
emails from while you were testing.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Tejas J. <tx...@in...>]

---- Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...> wrote:
>
> On 5/31/07, Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:
> > I ran fetchmail -v
> > and included the output at the bottom of this message.   If I read this correctly it is deliverying the email to an smtp server.  I just can't find it.
> >
> 
> Two notes - the first is that your version of fetchmail is old (though
> that doesn't change the fact that it's working :>), the other is that
> your version of sendmail is old.
> 
> From the log it looks like you are using Sendmail BTW (Sendmail
> 8.13.1/8.13.1), not postfix.  If this isn't what you expected I
> suggest you stop sendmail and start postfix :)
> 
  Thanks for pointing that out.  I scanned right past it and didn't think of the significance.  I ran 'ps aux'|grep sendmail couldn't find a version running on this test computer.  Ran 'ps aux'|grep postfix and found a running daemon.  So now I'm really confused.  When I run fetchmail I'm seeing nothing in my logs maillog or messages.  I guess I'll run a packet sniffer (just to double check), and recheck my postfix configuration.   

> As for where the mail is going, well, that depends on your config for
> Sendmail (currently), what LDA (Local Delivery Agent) and what
> POP/IMAP server you have installed.  You'll probably find it in
> /var/mail/txjin, though there are a few other places (including
> $HOME/mail, /var/spool/mail/cyrus etc).  The best bet is to simply to
> start your installed POP/IMAP server and point your mail client at it.
> 
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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 5/31/07, Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:
> I ran fetchmail -v
> and included the output at the bottom of this message.   If I read this correctly it is deliverying the email to an smtp server.  I just can't find it.
>

Two notes - the first is that your version of fetchmail is old (though
that doesn't change the fact that it's working :>), the other is that
your version of sendmail is old.

From the log it looks like you are using Sendmail BTW (Sendmail
8.13.1/8.13.1), not postfix.  If this isn't what you expected I
suggest you stop sendmail and start postfix :)

As for where the mail is going, well, that depends on your config for
Sendmail (currently), what LDA (Local Delivery Agent) and what
POP/IMAP server you have installed.  You'll probably find it in
/var/mail/txjin, though there are a few other places (including
$HOME/mail, /var/spool/mail/cyrus etc).  The best bet is to simply to
start your installed POP/IMAP server and point your mail client at it.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Tejas J. <tx...@in...>]

---- Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:
>
> 
> I setup the following on my computer and run fetchmail as a user "testjin"

Sorry that was an error and should be txjin


 on my computer.  Fetchmail appears to connect and get mails, it is deleting the mails off of the pop server.  But I can't find them.  I look in /var/spool/mail and don't see them there.  I have been watching /var/spool/maillog on my computer and nothing appears to be happening while I have fetchmail running.
> 
> I checked 'netstat -lnp' and postfix appears to be listening to port 25.
> 
> Right now my big concern is that the mail is disappearing out of my mailbox on my ISP, but it isn't showing up anywhere.
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> .fetchmailrc
> 
> poll pop3.intelliepi.com proto pop3
>         user 'tx...@in...' there with password 'mypass' is txjin
> 
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> postfix main.cf
> -----------------------------------------
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> command_directory = /usr/sbin
> config_directory = /etc/postfix
> daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> debug_peer_level = 2
> html_directory = no
> inet_interfaces = all
> mail_owner = postfix
> mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
> manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $myhostname.$mydomain, $mydomain, localhost.localdomain
> mydomain = internal.com
> myhostname = test
> mynetworks = 192.168.5.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
> newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
> queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/README_FILES
> sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/samples
> sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> setgid_group = postdrop
> unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> virtual
> -----------------------------------------------------
> tx...@in...        txjin
> 
> _______________________________________________
> fetchmail-users mailing list
> fet...@li...
> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-users
> 

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Tejas J. <tx...@in...>]

I ran fetchmail -v 
and included the output at the bottom of this message.   If I read this correctly it is deliverying the email to an smtp server.  I just can't find it.

---- Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:
>
> 
> ---- Tejas Jin <tx...@in...> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > I setup the following on my computer and run fetchmail as a user "testjin"
> 
> Sorry that was an error and should be txjin
> 
> 
>  on my computer.  Fetchmail appears to connect and get mails, it is deleting the mails off of the pop server.  But I can't find them.  I look in /var/spool/mail and don't see them there.  I have been watching /var/spool/maillog on my computer and nothing appears to be happening while I have fetchmail running.
> > 
> > I checked 'netstat -lnp' and postfix appears to be listening to port 25.
> > 
> > Right now my big concern is that the mail is disappearing out of my mailbox on my ISP, but it isn't showing up anywhere.
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > .fetchmailrc
> > 
> > poll pop3.intelliepi.com proto pop3
> >         user 'tx...@in...' there with password 'mypass' is txjin
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------
> > 
> > postfix main.cf
> > -----------------------------------------
> > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> > command_directory = /usr/sbin
> > config_directory = /etc/postfix
> > daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> > debug_peer_level = 2
> > html_directory = no
> > inet_interfaces = all
> > mail_owner = postfix
> > mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
> > manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
> > mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $myhostname.$mydomain, $mydomain, localhost.localdomain
> > mydomain = internal.com
> > myhostname = test
> > mynetworks = 192.168.5.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
> > newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
> > queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> > readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/README_FILES
> > sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/samples
> > sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
> > setgid_group = postdrop
> > unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > virtual
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> > tx...@in...        txjin
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > fetchmail-users mailing list
> > fet...@li...
> > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/fetchmail-users
> > 
> 
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying pop3.intelliepi.com (protocol POP3) at Wed 30 May 2007 09:02:17 PM CDT: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 Server Ready.
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR Unknown command
fetchmail: Unknown command
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 Server Ready.
fetchmail: POP3> USER tx...@in...
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for tx...@in....
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK txjin has 4236 message(s) (42351582 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4236 42351582
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 is the last read message.
4236 messages for tx...@in... at pop3.intelliepi.com (42351582 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 2323
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2323 octets
reading message tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com:1 of 4236 (2323 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.13.1; Wed, 30 May 2007 21:02:22 -0500
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-localhost.localdomain Hello IET013 [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DELIVERBY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<ape...@co...> SIZE=2323
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <ape...@co...>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<txjin@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <txjin@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#*******************************.*************fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 l4V22MkQ013966 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Message 1 has been deleted.
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 2
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2 8190
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 2 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 8190 octets
reading message tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com:2 of 4236 (8190 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<zat...@rr...> SIZE=8190
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <zat...@rr...>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<txjin@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <txjin@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#************************************.********************************************.*********************************.*************.**************.**************.**************.*******fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 l4V22MkR013966 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 2
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Message 2 has been deleted.
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 3
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3 3204
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 3 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 3204 octets
reading message tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com:3 of 4236 (3204 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<MAI...@xo...> SIZE=3204
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <MAI...@xo...>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<txjin@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <txjin@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#***********************.************.*************fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 l4V22MkS013966 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 3
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Message 3 has been deleted.
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 4
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 4 6299
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 4 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 6299 octets
reading message tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com:4 of 4236 (6299 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<pof...@ch...> SIZE=6299
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <pof...@ch...>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<txjin@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <txjin@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#******************************.*********************************.******************************.**********************************************************.******************************************.***************fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 l4V22MkT013966 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 4
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Message 4 has been deleted.
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 5
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 5 2788
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 5 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2788 octets
reading message tx...@in...@pop3.intelliepi.com:5 of 4236 (2788 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<hab...@gl...> BODY=7BIT SIZE=2788

[fetchmail-users] Fetchmail not working as expected

[Tejas J. <tx...@in...>]

I setup the following on my computer and run fetchmail as a user "testjin" on my computer.  Fetchmail appears to connect and get mails, it is deleting the mails off of the pop server.  But I can't find them.  I look in /var/spool/mail and don't see them there.  I have been watching /var/spool/maillog on my computer and nothing appears to be happening while I have fetchmail running.

I checked 'netstat -lnp' and postfix appears to be listening to port 25.

Right now my big concern is that the mail is disappearing out of my mailbox on my ISP, but it isn't showing up anywhere.
------------------------------------------------------

.fetchmailrc

poll pop3.intelliepi.com proto pop3
        user 'tx...@in...' there with password 'mypass' is txjin

------------------------------------------

postfix main.cf
-----------------------------------------
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = all
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
mydestination = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost, $myhostname.$mydomain, $mydomain, localhost.localdomain
mydomain = internal.com
myhostname = test
mynetworks = 192.168.5.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/README_FILES
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.2.10/samples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
--------------------------------------------------------

virtual
-----------------------------------------------------
tx...@in...        txjin

Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail not fetching new messages

[Wade S. <wa...@wa...>]

05252007 1811 GMT-6 DST

Thanks Mattias. Ill contact the postfix group and ask some questions. 

wade


On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 00:46 +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.05.2007, 17:26 -0500 schrieb Wade Smart:
> > 05252007 1719 GMT-6 DST
> > 
> > You mean this:
> > Below is my rc file.
> > 
> > # setup second email service provider -> Gmail
> >    poll pop.gmail.com
> >    uidl 
> >    proto pop3
> >    port 995
> >    auth password
> >    user "wad...@gm..." there
> > 	with password "pass" is "wadesmart" here
> >         keep
> >         no fetchall
> >         ssl sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs
> 
> Sane.
> 
> > Old UID list from pop.gmail.com: GmailId112c4a368ec246c6
> > GmailId112c4a787bf4ad6b GmailId112c4ad1905943bd GmailId112c4bbc05987452
> > GmailId112c4be5cf509954 GmailId112c4c56d610a724 GmailId112c4d17d9ef7d8e
> > GmailId112c4e287e762735 GmailId112c4f7358d78ba7 GmailId112c4f74c2497b95
> > GmailId112c50082d64fcf5 GmailId112c521bff9143bb GmailId112c532a74e88878
> > GmailId112c5337b22cef97 GmailId112c54a28c085ccd <empty>
> > fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 25 May
> > 2007 05:15:15 PM CDT: poll started
> > Trying to connect to 64.233.185.109/995...connected.
> > fetchmail: Issuer Organization: Equifax
> > fetchmail: Unknown Issuer CommonName
> > fetchmail: Server CommonName: pop.gmail.com
> > fetchmail: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint:
> > 59:51:61:89:CD:DD:B2:35:94:BB:44:97:A0:39:D5:B4
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Gpop ready for requests from 67.60.204.183
> > 67pf1382686wra
> > fetchmail: POP3> USER wad...@gm...
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK send PASS
> > fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK Welcome.
> > fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
> > fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK 15 72417
> > fetchmail: POP3> UIDL
> > fetchmail: POP3< +OK
> > fetchmail: POP3< 1 GmailId112c4a368ec246c6
> > fetchmail: POP3< 2 GmailId112c4a787bf4ad6b
> > fetchmail: POP3< 3 GmailId112c4ad1905943bd
> ...
> And indeed, fetchmail has seen these messages and marked them
> downloaded. Time to check your local MTA's (might be Exim, Sendmail,
> Postfix, ...) log (/var/log/mail, /var/log/maillog, or something else)
> to figure where the messages fetchmail downloaded from gmail have gone.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail not fetching new messages

[Wade S. <wa...@wa...>]

05252007 1719 GMT-6 DST

You mean this:
Below is my rc file.

# setup second email service provider -> Gmail
   poll pop.gmail.com
   uidl 
   proto pop3
   port 995
   auth password
   user "wad...@gm..." there
	with password "pass" is "wadesmart" here
        keep
        no fetchall
        ssl sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs

wade

And here is the result of command you gave:
wadesmart@wadesmart:~$ fetchmail -Nvvvd0 --nosyslog
Old UID list from mail.wadesmart.com: <empty>
Old UID list from pop.gmail.com: GmailId112c4a368ec246c6
GmailId112c4a787bf4ad6b GmailId112c4ad1905943bd GmailId112c4bbc05987452
GmailId112c4be5cf509954 GmailId112c4c56d610a724 GmailId112c4d17d9ef7d8e
GmailId112c4e287e762735 GmailId112c4f7358d78ba7 GmailId112c4f74c2497b95
GmailId112c50082d64fcf5 GmailId112c521bff9143bb GmailId112c532a74e88878
GmailId112c5337b22cef97 GmailId112c54a28c085ccd <empty>
Scratch list of UIDs: <empty>
fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying mail.wadesmart.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 25
May 2007 05:15:11 PM CDT: poll started
Trying to connect to 64.202.165.92/110...connected.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
<297...@po...>
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR authorization first
fetchmail: authorization first
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on wa...@wa...@pop.secureserver.net
Trying to connect to 64.202.165.92/110...connected.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
<275...@po...>
fetchmail: POP3> USER wa...@wa...
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 0
fetchmail: No mail for wa...@wa... at mail.wadesmart.com
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 
fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying mail.wadesmart.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 25
May 2007 05:15:15 PM CDT: poll completed
New UID list from mail.wadesmart.com: <empty>
fetchmail: not swapping UID lists, no UIDs seen this query
fetchmail: Query status=1 (NOMAIL)
fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 25 May
2007 05:15:15 PM CDT: poll started
Trying to connect to 64.233.185.109/995...connected.
fetchmail: Issuer Organization: Equifax
fetchmail: Unknown Issuer CommonName
fetchmail: Server CommonName: pop.gmail.com
fetchmail: pop.gmail.com key fingerprint:
59:51:61:89:CD:DD:B2:35:94:BB:44:97:A0:39:D5:B4
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Gpop ready for requests from 67.60.204.183
67pf1382686wra
fetchmail: POP3> USER wad...@gm...
fetchmail: POP3< +OK send PASS
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Welcome.
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 15 72417
fetchmail: POP3> UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3< 1 GmailId112c4a368ec246c6
fetchmail: POP3< 2 GmailId112c4a787bf4ad6b
fetchmail: POP3< 3 GmailId112c4ad1905943bd
fetchmail: POP3< 4 GmailId112c4bbc05987452
fetchmail: POP3< 5 GmailId112c4be5cf509954
fetchmail: POP3< 6 GmailId112c4c56d610a724
fetchmail: POP3< 7 GmailId112c4d17d9ef7d8e
fetchmail: POP3< 8 GmailId112c4e287e762735
fetchmail: POP3< 9 GmailId112c4f7358d78ba7
fetchmail: POP3< 10 GmailId112c4f74c2497b95
fetchmail: POP3< 11 GmailId112c50082d64fcf5
fetchmail: POP3< 12 GmailId112c521bff9143bb
fetchmail: POP3< 13 GmailId112c532a74e88878
fetchmail: POP3< 14 GmailId112c5337b22cef97
fetchmail: POP3< 15 GmailId112c54a28c085ccd
fetchmail: POP3< .
15 messages (15 seen) for wad...@gm... at pop.gmail.com (72417
octets).
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:1 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:2 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:3 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:4 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:5 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:6 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:7 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:8 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:9 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:10 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:11 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:12 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:13 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:14 not
flushed
skipping message wad...@gm...@gmail-pop.l.google.com:15 not
flushed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Farewell.
fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying pop.gmail.com (protocol POP3) at Fri 25 May
2007 05:15:16 PM CDT: poll completed
New UID list from pop.gmail.com: GmailId112c4a368ec246c6 = 1
GmailId112c4a787bf4ad6b = 1 GmailId112c4ad1905943bd = 1
GmailId112c4bbc05987452 = 1 GmailId112c4be5cf509954 = 1
GmailId112c4c56d610a724 = 1 GmailId112c4d17d9ef7d8e = 1
GmailId112c4e287e762735 = 1 GmailId112c4f7358d78ba7 = 1
GmailId112c4f74c2497b95 = 1 GmailId112c50082d64fcf5 = 1
GmailId112c521bff9143bb = 1 GmailId112c532a74e88878 = 1
GmailId112c5337b22cef97 = 1 GmailId112c54a28c085ccd = 1 <empty>
fetchmail: swapping UID lists
fetchmail: Query status=1 (NOMAIL)
fetchmail: Writing fetchids file.
fetchmail: normal termination, status 1
fetchmail: Writing fetchids file.
wadesmart@wadesmart:~$ 


Wade 


On Sat, 2007-05-26 at 00:07 +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.05.2007, 16:53 -0500 schrieb Wade Smart:
> > 05252007 1647 GMT-6 DST
> > 
> > I emailed recently about fetchmail not getting my gmail. 
> > What I finally did was deleting all my mail and then just keeping
> > whatever came into the box for fetchmail to get. 
> > 
> > Today at 14:45 this happened again. I get this message in my mail log
> > that says
> > May 25 16:48:44 wadesmart fetchmail[25764]: 14 messages (14 seen) for
> > wad...@gm... at pop.gmail.com (67845 octets). 
> > 
> > Of the fourteen, 12 are new, 2 are old. So it shouldnt be seeing 14. 
> 
> Please show your current configuration (mask the password) and the
> output of:
> 
> fetchmail -Nvvvd0 --nosyslog
> 
> so that we can see what fetchmail and gmail are chatting.
> 
> 

Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail not fetching new messages

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am Freitag, den 25.05.2007, 16:53 -0500 schrieb Wade Smart:
> 05252007 1647 GMT-6 DST
> 
> I emailed recently about fetchmail not getting my gmail. 
> What I finally did was deleting all my mail and then just keeping
> whatever came into the box for fetchmail to get. 
> 
> Today at 14:45 this happened again. I get this message in my mail log
> that says
> May 25 16:48:44 wadesmart fetchmail[25764]: 14 messages (14 seen) for
> wad...@gm... at pop.gmail.com (67845 octets). 
> 
> Of the fourteen, 12 are new, 2 are old. So it shouldnt be seeing 14. 

Please show your current configuration (mask the password) and the
output of:

fetchmail -Nvvvd0 --nosyslog

so that we can see what fetchmail and gmail are chatting.