Re: [fetchmail-users] Re: unsafe MDA procmail recommended by fetchmail

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

Thomas Wolff schrieb am 2005-11-10:

> >        ORGMAIL     Usually  the  system  mailbox  (ORiGinal MAILbox).  If, for
> >                    some obscure reason (like `filesystem full') the mail could
> >                    not  be  delivered,  then  this  mailbox  will  be the last
> >                    resort.  If procmail fails to save the mail in here  (deep,
> >                    deep  trouble  :-),  then  the mail will bounce back to the
> >                    sender.
> What would "bounce back" actually mean in an environment with no working 
> or properly configured sendmail interface?

Do not worry, fetchmail will not delete the message if you use a
reliable retrieval protocol such as POP3 + UIDL and retry on the next
run.

> Actually, I think there is also an option missing to prevent procmail 
> from attempts to bounce a mail after failed delivery. As I indicated 
> above, not all system configuration provide working outgoing mail 
> (at least not through the standard interfaces). I, for instance, use 
> ssmtp with a script wrapper; /usr/sbin/sendmail is not working here.
> In this case (not bouncing failed mail), procmail should of course 
> return an error code so e.g. fetchmail notices and doesn't delete 
> the mail from the server.

In that particular case, ! redirections will not work either (unless you
override SENDMAIL).

-- 
Matthias Andree