fetchmail-users — User questions and discussion

[fetchmail-users] fetchmail and assp

[James M. <ji...@so...>]

Hello,
   fetchmail release 6.2.4+SSL+NLS
   I have fetchmail forward mail to a bayseian mail classifier, assp 
(anti-spam smtp proxy). One of assp's features is to block messages with 
executable attachments. If one is found, it rejects the message and 
returns an status code of 500 to the sender (fetchmail).
   Apparently assp closes the connection after returning the error message 
since signal 13 (broken pipe) is raised in fetchmail. At which time 
fetchmail terminates. It looks like this happens on the *next* connection 
attempt with assp.
   What is more worrisome is that just before the abort, fetchmail says 
the message was flushed, implying a lost message.

   Is there some way to have fetchmail re-connect with assp rather than abort?


fetchmail: reading message moe...@lo...:2 of 2 (42695 
octets) fetchmail: SMTP error: 500 Executable attachments are not allowed 
-- Compress before mailing.
fetchmail: SMTP listener refused delivery
fetchmail:  flushed
fetchmail: 1 message for cherie at localhost (5458 octets).
fetchmail: reading message ch...@lo...:1 of 1 (5458 octets) 
fetchmail:  flushed
fetchmail: terminated with signal 13


-- 
jimoe at sohnen-moe dot com

Re: [fetchmail-users] Spam

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

Laurence wrote:
> I transferred to berlios from the ccil list a couple of days ago to get
> away from the "esr virus-removed" spam and already I've had a Nigerian
> spam and one from some Chinese dude via the list.  Is there any spam
> checking on this list?  Maybe sign ups should be approved by a
> moderator?

Sorry about that.  I just changed it to members-only posting, which should 
help a lot.  Since joining the list requires confirmation, I doubt 
spammers will bother.  If they do, I'll have to consider moderating 
subscriptions.

> Maybe I should transfer back to ccil?!

Hey, maybe you can talk them into giving you admin access.  :-)

-- 
==============================|   "A microscope locked in on one point
 Rob Funk <rf...@fu...> |Never sees what kind of room that it's in"
 http://www.funknet.net/rfunk |    -- Chris Mars, "Stuck in Rewind"

Re: [fetchmail-users] Spam

[Laurence <lj...@hb...>]

I transferred to berlios from the ccil list a couple of days ago to get away
from the "esr virus-removed" spam and already I've had a Nigerian spam and
one from some Chinese dude via the list.  Is there any spam checking on this
list?  Maybe sign ups should be approved by a moderator?

Looking back through the archives on berlios:

4 messages are spam
1 message is real

Maybe I should transfer back to ccil?!

Laurence

[fetchmail-users] fetchmail doesn't delete mail on 501 response - mail piles up

[John F. <jo...@mi...>]

I use fetchmail 6.2.3 passing mail onto postfix via smtp.
Occasionally, I get a malformed email in my isp
mailbox with an envelope from address like this
peter@61.172.247.54.  That is unacceptable to
postfix which gives a 501 response straight after
MAIL FROM

This is part of the SMTP session:

 In:  MAIL FROM:<peter@61.172.247.54> SIZE=240722
 Out: 501 Bad address syntax
 In:  RSET
 Out: 250 Ok

However the mail stays on the pop server and mail just
piles up there until I enter and cancel it manually. Once
I cancel that mail, everything proceeds ok. I'm not interested
in the contents of the message (it originates from a worm)
but I don't like the need for manual intervention to get
things unblocked.

This is what fetchmail logs
Jun 21 18:18:47 turate fetchmail[1145]: 1 message for
isp...@ng... at pop.ngi.it (240722 octets).
Jun 21 18:18:47 turate fetchmail[1145]: reading message
isp...@ng...@pop.ngi.it:1 of 1 (240722 octets)
Jun 21 18:18:48 turate fetchmail[1145]:  flushed
Jun 21 18:18:48 turate fetchmail[1145]: client/server protocol error while
fetching from pop.ngi.it
Jun 21 18:18:48 turate fetchmail[1145]: Query status=4 (PROTOCOL)
Jun 21 18:18:56 turate fetchmail[1145]: sleeping at Mon Jun 21 18:18:56 2004


Here's fetchmailrc

set daemon 300
set postmaster fet...@mi...
set no bouncemail
set no spambounce
set syslog

poll "pop.ngi.it"
protocol pop3 interval 1 no envelope
username "isp...@mu..."
password "xxxxxxx"
is loc...@mi... here fetchall
smtphost mail.michaweb.net
antispam 501

Any ideas while fetchmail cannot delete the message?

Thanks,
John