Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail and domains

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

On 3/28/07, Kramer, Barbara <B.K...@nu...> wrote:
> Hi,
> There is a mailbox on an exchange server, named NTBV-shipment. This box is
> receiving mail. I want to fetch the mail there and bring it to my HPUX,
> where the file will be read into a software. I chose to use fetchmail.
>
> Just installed fetchmail on my hp server with hpux 11.11 on it.
> I have done the following:
> *       Created a user named podeliv
> *       Started a mail box for him /var/mail/podeliv
> *       Send mail to him through sendmail - mail podeliv - mail was received
> ok

So we know the basics of your sendmail config are good.

> *       Logged on as podeliv and send a mail to my mail account - which is
> an exchange server - mail kam ok and sender is po...@nu...
> *       Installed ixFetchmail A.08.00-6.3.6 for HPUX 11.11 - all went well

Close enough to current (6.3.7 is current).

> *       Created a .fetchmailrc for user podeliv, which reads:
>
> set logfile /home/podeliv/fetch.log
> poll pnw2k01.pfrimmer.de
> proto pop3 port 110
> user pfrimmer\\NTBV-shipment
> there has password *******
> no keep
>
> *       Fetch.log is being filled with entries, when I do fetchmail -av, as
> user podeliv
> *       Now the problem: - I always read message  SMTP< 501 Sender domain
> must exist - podeliv is always being shown as podeliv@localhost
> From my Mail Delivery System [MAI...@er...], which is
> root on the hpux machine:
>  podeliv@localhost
>    SMTP error: 501 Sender domain must exist
> What did I forget to do?

Not sure, because...

> Attached you'll find the fetch.log, after I had send a mail to
> NTBV-shipment, as user podeliv I did fetchmail -av  <<fetch.log>>

No log attached.

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