[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


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jimoe at sohnen-moe dot com