Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail and domains

[Peter P. <ro...@ri...>]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:34:25AM +0200, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Kramer, Barbara schrieb:
> > Hi,
> > Apparently the attach never gets there,
> > So here it is in text:
> > _______________________________________________________
> > fetchmail: 6.3.6 querying pnw2k01.pfrimmer.de (protocol POP3) at Wed, 28 Mar
> > 2007 16:22:15 +0100 (WETDST): poll started
> 
> > fetchmail: Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected.
> > fetchmail: SMTP< 220 erlaap05.nutricia.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3
> > (PHNE_29774)/8.9.3; Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:22:17 +0100 (WETDST)
[snip]
> > fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<B.K...@nu...> SIZE=605
> > fetchmail: SMTP< 501 Sender domain must exist
> > fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 Sender domain must exist
> 
> Not a fetchmail issue apparently: your sendmail software does not
> recognize your own domain.
> 
> Make sure it does - your starting point is DNS, and further support
> through the sendmail support channels.
> Note though that sendmail 8.9.3 is several years out of date, so unless
> someone patched all known security issues, you should not be using it,
> but a more recent version instead.

I think he is using the HP-UX sendmail package - it advertises its version
with an HP-specific PHNE_29774 patch version - though the patch itself
does seem to date back to 2003, and there is a PHNE_35484 from
December 2006.

Not that this has any actual bearing on fetchmail :)

G'luck,
Peter

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