[fetchmail-users] fetchmail: message .....:1 was not the expected length (30792 actual != 30347 expected), not flushed

[Otto R. (AP-SGP) <ot...@ap...>]

HI,

I'm having some minor problems issues with fetchmail v6.3.5.

(My system is a SUSE 10.2 server, I connect to my ISP every 10 minutes 
and use fetchmail to download all mail from the ISP server. The ISP 
server is FREEBSD using QMAIL/SPAMASSASSIN/CLAMAV. I use a single 
"catchall" account on the ISP side, use fetchmail to retrieve to my 
server and then distribute to correct users.

This only happens on junk mails and never on "real" mail. Is there any 
parameter in fetchmail (that I'm not aware of or undocumented) that will 
ignore the size error, download the mail to my server and delete the 
message from the ISP after download?? I have read the FAQ regarding this 
error and QMAIL - but unfortunately changing ISP is not an option and 
the ISP is not about to make major changes just for me.

Is there any possible solution to this?? (Currently I have to regularly 
login to the webmail access on the ISP and manually clean those emails).

Any useful suggestions would be appreciated.

Much Thanks.

Regards. Otto Rodusek.

Contents of fetchmailrc:
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poll mail.sg.gs     protocol pop3 username ro...@am... password 
mypassword to ro...@am...

Log of fetchmail -vvv
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# fetchmail -vvv -K -F -f /menu/fetchmailrc.amb.com.sg

fetchmail: 6.3.5 querying mail.sg.gs (protocol POP3) at Fri Apr 13 
20:12:52 2007: poll started
Trying to connect to 203.175.172.6/110...connected.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK <470...@sg...>
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR authorization first
fetchmail: authorization first
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on ro...@am...@mail.sg.gs
Trying to connect to 203.175.172.6/110...connected.
fetchmail: POP3< +OK <470...@sg...>
fetchmail: POP3> USER ro...@am...
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 30347
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
1 message for ro...@am... at mail.sg.gs (30347 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 30347
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message ro...@am...@mail.sg.gs:1 of 1 (30347 octets)
About to rewrite Return-Path: <all...@cl...>
Rewritten version is Return-Path: <all...@cl...>

About to rewrite From: "Joya Webb" <all...@cl...>
Rewritten version is From: "Joya Webb" <all...@cl...>

About to rewrite To: "Linda Freeman" <qc...@am...>
Rewritten version is To: "Linda Freeman" <qc...@am...>

Trying to connect to 127.0.0.1/25...connected.
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 amb.com.sg ESMTP
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO amb.com.sg
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-amb.com.sg
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 0
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 AUTH LOGIN PLAIN CRAM-MD5
fetchmail: forwarding to localhost
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<all...@cl...> SIZE=30347
fetchmail: SMTP< 451 DNS temporary failure (#4.5.1 - chkuser)
fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 DNS temporary failure (#4.5.1 - chkuser)
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 flushed
............................fetchmail: message 
ro...@am...@mail.sg.gs:1 was not the expected length (30792 
actual != 30347 expected)
 not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 amb.com.sg
fetchmail: 6.3.5 querying mail.sg.gs (protocol POP3) at Fri Apr 13 
20:12:55 2007: poll completed
fetchmail: not swapping UID lists, no UIDs seen this query
fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
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