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[fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Diogo B. <dio...@gm...> - 2009-04-28 22:05:00

Hi, i have a Windows Xp machine with Cygwin + fetchmail, some email messages
fetch from the server end up with the follwing error message:
 
"fetchmail:error writing message text 
MDA error while fetching from ******@***.** 
Query Status=6"

Can some one point me to the right direction.


Regards, Diogo.

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Rob M. <rob...@gm...> - 2009-04-28 23:37:55

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:02, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi, i have a Windows Xp machine with Cygwin + fetchmail, some email messages
> fetch from the server end up with the follwing error message:
>
> "fetchmail:error writing message text
> MDA error while fetching from ******@***.**
> Query Status=6"
>
> Can some one point me to the right direction.

The FAQ tells you what we need to know to help you ;)

Based in the little you've provided suggests that the program you've
defined as the mda in the .fetchmailrc is the problem.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Diogo B. <dio...@gm...> - 2009-04-28 23:54:02

The Fetchmail configuration file as this:

More details:


set daemon 1
poll emailserver with proto POP3 timeout 30 no dns uidl
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here
user "*****" there with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here

The fetchmail is running as a service in Windows XP, the emails are delivery
to an exchange server 2007 in the local lan.

Regards, Diogo.

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Subject: Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:02, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi, i have a Windows Xp machine with Cygwin + fetchmail, some email
messages
> fetch from the server end up with the follwing error message:
>
> "fetchmail:error writing message text
> MDA error while fetching from ******@***.**
> Query Status=6"
>
> Can some one point me to the right direction.

The FAQ tells you what we need to know to help you ;)

Based in the little you've provided suggests that the program you've
defined as the mda in the .fetchmailrc is the problem.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Matthias A. <mat...@gm...> - 2009-04-29 14:05:25

Am 28.04.2009, 23:37 Uhr, schrieb Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...>:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:02, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...>  
> wrote:
>> Hi, i have a Windows Xp machine with Cygwin + fetchmail, some email  
>> messages
>> fetch from the server end up with the follwing error message:
>>
>> "fetchmail:error writing message text
>> MDA error while fetching from ******@***.**
>> Query Status=6"
>>
>> Can some one point me to the right direction.
>
> The FAQ tells you what we need to know to help you ;)

Indeed - http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 - not only for  
bugs.

> Based in the little you've provided suggests that the program you've
> defined as the mda in the .fetchmailrc is the problem.

Not necessarily, it could be a misinterpretation by the driver.c code.  
Sinking into an SMTP server when the internal code returns PS_IOERR  
results in said "MDA error while fetching from LOGIN@HOST" report.

However without logs not bets.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Diogo B. <dio...@gm...> - 2009-04-29 20:06:41

More details:


set daemon 1
poll emailserver with proto POP3 timeout 30 no dns uidl user "*****" there
with password "******" is "*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with
password "******" is "*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password
"******" is "*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******"
is "*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******" is
"*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******" is
"*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******" is
"*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******" is
"*****@***.****" here user "*****" there with password "******" is
"*****@***.****" here

The fetchmail is running as a service in Windows XP, the emails are delivery
to an exchange server 2007 in the local lan.

Regards, Diogo.

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Andree
Sent: quarta-feira, 29 de Abril de 2009 13:05
To: Rob MacGregor; fet...@li...
Subject: Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

Am 28.04.2009, 23:37 Uhr, schrieb Rob MacGregor <rob...@gm...>:

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 21:02, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...>  
> wrote:
>> Hi, i have a Windows Xp machine with Cygwin + fetchmail, some email  
>> messages
>> fetch from the server end up with the follwing error message:
>>
>> "fetchmail:error writing message text
>> MDA error while fetching from ******@***.**
>> Query Status=6"
>>
>> Can some one point me to the right direction.
>
> The FAQ tells you what we need to know to help you ;)

Indeed - http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 - not only for  
bugs.

> Based in the little you've provided suggests that the program you've
> defined as the mda in the .fetchmailrc is the problem.

Not necessarily, it could be a misinterpretation by the driver.c code.  
Sinking into an SMTP server when the internal code returns PS_IOERR  
results in said "MDA error while fetching from LOGIN@HOST" report.

However without logs not bets.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Rob M. <rob...@gm...> - 2009-04-29 21:06:13

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 19:03, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...> wrote:
> More details:

However almost nothing specified in the FAQ.  Please read it ;)

At the very least you need to provide the verbose output requested and
the version of fetchmail you're running.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Matthias A. <mat...@gm...> - 2009-04-29 21:33:23

Am 29.04.2009, 20:03 Uhr, schrieb Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...>:

> More details:

Please read...

this:

> Indeed - http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 - not only for
> bugs.

and provide the asked information. Everybody is free to ignore your  
problem, and I'm certainly not going to ask for a third time, sorry for  
not wasting more time.

-- 
Matthias Andree

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Diogo B. <dio...@gm...> - 2009-04-30 12:55:37

More details:

SO - Windows XP SP3
Version of Fetchmail - 6.3.9.1
SMTP Listener - Exchange 2007 

Output from command line Fetchmail -V:

Fallback MDA: /usr/bin/procmail -d %T
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 fetchmail1 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
Taking options from command line and /home/administrator/.fetchmailrc
Poll interval is 1 seconds
Logfile is /var/log/fetchmail.log
Idfile is /home/administrator/.fetchids
Fetchmail will forward misaddressed multidrop messages to Administrator.
Options for retrieving from ****@****.**:
  True name of server is *************.
  Protocol is POP3 (forcing UIDL use).
  All available authentication methods will be tried.
  Server nonresponse timeout is 30 seconds.
  Default mailbox selected.
  All messages will be retrieved (--all on).
  Fetched messages will not be kept on the server (--keep off).
  Old messages will not be flushed before message retrieval (--flush off).
  Oversized messages will not be flushed before message retrieval (--
limitflush off).
  Rewrite of server-local addresses is enabled (--norewrite off).
  Carriage-return stripping is disabled (stripcr off).
  Carriage-return forcing is disabled (forcecr off).
  Interpretation of Content-Transfer-Encoding is enabled (pass8bits off).
  MIME decoding is disabled (mimedecode off).
  Idle after poll is disabled (idle off).
  Nonempty Status lines will be kept (dropstatus off)
  Delivered-To lines will be kept (dropdelivered off)
  Fetch message size limit is 100 (--fetchsizelimit 100).
  Do binary search of UIDs during 3 out of 4 polls (--fastuidl 4).
  Messages will be SMTP-forwarded to: localhost (default)
  Single-drop mode: 1 local name recognized.
  No UIDs saved from this host.

Output From command line fetchmail --smtphost exchangeserver/25 -vvv:

fetchmail: 6.3.9 querying ******** (protocol POP3) at Wed Apr 29 22:12:31
2009: poll started
fetchmail: Trying to connect to **********/110...connected.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK X1 NT-POP3 Server ********** (IMail 8.22 440086-3)
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< SASL LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< RESP-CODES
fetchmail: POP3< LOGIN-DELAY 120
fetchmail: POP3< PIPELINING
fetchmail: POP3< EXPIRE 30 USER
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION Ipswitch_IMail_8.20
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: ********: opportunistic upgrade to TLS failed, trying to
continue.
fetchmail: POP3> AUTH CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: POP3< + PDIzMjc1Ljc4ODY3Nzc3OEBoYXJwd3JvLTEwPg==
fetchmail: decoded as <23275.788677778@harpwro-10>
fetchmail: POP3> Z2FwIDc5YjNjMTJmMzkxNWY0ZTMxMDBhZjQ4YzlmNGE1ZTJj
fetchmail: POP3< +OK maildrop locked and ready
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 12327206
fetchmail: POP3> UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages (12327206 octets)
fetchmail: POP3< 1 443753124
fetchmail: 1 is unseen
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: 1 message for *** at *********** (12327206 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 12327206
fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12327206 octets
fetchmail: reading message ***@********.*****:1 of 1 (12327206 octets)
fetchmail: About to rewrite From: **** <****************>
Rewritten version is From: ***** <****************>

fetchmail: About to rewrite To: ****************
Rewritten version is To: ****************

fetchmail: Trying to connect to *********/25...connected.
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 ********* Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Wed, 29
Apr 2009 22:09:58 +0100
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO ************
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-*********** Hello [*********]
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-X-ANONYMOUSTLS
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH NTLM LOGIN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-X-EXPS GSSAPI NTLM
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-BINARYMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-CHUNKING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XEXCH50
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 XRDST
fetchmail: forwarding to **************/25
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<****************> SIZE=12327206
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 Sender OK
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<*********>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 Recipient OK
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
fetchmail: error writing message text
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3<
JyZn/eohDkK0qITGxvH9ZSz1RSNt27sGYc2oKtgTPp4TG9jw9WZdzP1iG2VYKxlbDa4z9wi1ljzb
fetchmail: MDA error while fetching from *************
fetchmail: 6.3.9 querying ************ (protocol POP3) at Wed Apr 29
22:22:46 2009: poll completed
fetchmail: Merged UID list from ***************: 443753123 = 3 443753124 = 0
<empty>
fetchmail: discarding new UID list
fetchmail: Query status=6 (IOERR)

Regards, Diogo.



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[mailto:fet...@li...] On Behalf Of Matthias
Andree
Sent: quarta-feira, 29 de Abril de 2009 20:33
To: fet...@li...
Subject: Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

Am 29.04.2009, 20:03 Uhr, schrieb Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...>:

> More details:

Please read...

this:

> Indeed - http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3 - not only for
> bugs.

and provide the asked information. Everybody is free to ignore your  
problem, and I'm certainly not going to ask for a third time, sorry for  
not wasting more time.

-- 
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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Rob M. <rob...@gm...> - 2009-04-30 13:08:06

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:45, Diogo Branco <dio...@gm...> wrote:
> More details:
>
> SO - Windows XP SP3
> Version of Fetchmail - 6.3.9.1
> SMTP Listener - Exchange 2007
<---SNIP--->
> fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
> fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> fetchmail: error writing message text

Looks like a problem with your Exchange server - what do it's logs
show for that transaction?

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Matthias A. <mat...@gm...> - 2009-04-30 14:06:18

Diogo Branco schrieb:
> More details:
> 
> SO - Windows XP SP3
> Version of Fetchmail - 6.3.9.1

There is no such version. If you are using the Cygwin package, it's
6.3.9-1, and the fetchmail version is 6.3.9. Ypu can find the fetchmail
version in the "This is fetchmail release..." line at the top of the
fetchmail -V output that you stripped.

Are you using the official Cygwin package by Jason Tishler?

> SMTP Listener - Exchange 2007 
> 
> Output from command line Fetchmail -V:
> 
> Fallback MDA: /usr/bin/procmail -d %T
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 fetchmail1 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin

> fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12327206 octets
> fetchmail: reading message ***@********.*****:1 of 1 (12327206 octets)
...
> fetchmail: Trying to connect to *********/25...connected.
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 ********* Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Wed, 29
> Apr 2009 22:09:58 +0100
> fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO ************
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-*********** Hello [*********]
...
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 XRDST
> fetchmail: forwarding to **************/25
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<****************> SIZE=12327206
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 Sender OK
> fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<*********>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 Recipient OK
> fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
> fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> fetchmail: error writing message text
...
> fetchmail: MDA error while fetching from *************

Tracing the source code and taking into account your context,
we fail in this path:

transact.c -> stuffline -> SockWrite -> fm_write -> write()

write() here pertains to writing onto the network socket to the Exchange
server.

Thus, either a firewall or other network problem or component is getting in
the way, or Cygwin has hiccups, or the server is disconnecting during the
transaction (which Rob already suggested).

Please check and show the server's event log for this transaction and see
what you can do about that.

BTW, does Microsoft permit running Exchange 2007 on top of Windows XP, or
is this communication problem just their way of telling you to buy Windows
Server 2525?

HTH
Matthias Andree

Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

From: Diogo B. <dio...@gm...> - 2009-05-01 16:54:54

Problem solved, by looking in the Exchange "smtp receive" logs, i noticed
that in some large size emails messages, Exchange has finish the connection
because of the connection timeout. So I increase the connection timeout from
10 minutes to 15 minutes, and error has gone.

Thanks for all the help.

Regards, Diogo.

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Andree
Sent: quinta-feira, 30 de Abril de 2009 13:06
To: fet...@li...
Subject: Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail error writing message text

Diogo Branco schrieb:
> More details:
> 
> SO - Windows XP SP3
> Version of Fetchmail - 6.3.9.1

There is no such version. If you are using the Cygwin package, it's
6.3.9-1, and the fetchmail version is 6.3.9. Ypu can find the fetchmail
version in the "This is fetchmail release..." line at the top of the
fetchmail -V output that you stripped.

Are you using the official Cygwin package by Jason Tishler?

> SMTP Listener - Exchange 2007 
> 
> Output from command line Fetchmail -V:
> 
> Fallback MDA: /usr/bin/procmail -d %T
> CYGWIN_NT-5.1 fetchmail1 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin

> fetchmail: POP3> RETR 1
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12327206 octets
> fetchmail: reading message ***@********.*****:1 of 1 (12327206 octets)
...
> fetchmail: Trying to connect to *********/25...connected.
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 ********* Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service ready at Wed,
29
> Apr 2009 22:09:58 +0100
> fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO ************
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-*********** Hello [*********]
...
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 XRDST
> fetchmail: forwarding to **************/25
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<****************> SIZE=12327206
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 Sender OK
> fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<*********>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 Recipient OK
> fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
> fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
> fetchmail: error writing message text
...
> fetchmail: MDA error while fetching from *************

Tracing the source code and taking into account your context,
we fail in this path:

transact.c -> stuffline -> SockWrite -> fm_write -> write()

write() here pertains to writing onto the network socket to the Exchange
server.

Thus, either a firewall or other network problem or component is getting in
the way, or Cygwin has hiccups, or the server is disconnecting during the
transaction (which Rob already suggested).

Please check and show the server's event log for this transaction and see
what you can do about that.

BTW, does Microsoft permit running Exchange 2007 on top of Windows XP, or
is this communication problem just their way of telling you to buy Windows
Server 2525?

HTH
Matthias Andree
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