Re: [fetchmail-users] fetchmail with msmtp as mda

[Neal B. <ndb...@gm...>]

On Wednesday 29 August 2007, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 8/29/07, Neal Becker <ndb...@gm...> wrote:
> > I'm using fetchmail with msmtp as mda:
> >
> > poll host proto imap user me password ... mda "/usr/bin/msmtp -i -f %F
> > nb...@nb..."
> >
> > Problem is:
> >
> > Aug 29 11:48:14 host=10.4.0.1 tls=off auth=off from=<>
> > recipients=nb...@nb... smtpstatus=501 smtpmsg='501 <<>>:
> > missing or malformed local part' errormsg='envelope from address <> not
> > accepted by the server' exitcode=EX_DATAERR
> >
> > These same messages just keep accumulating. Every time fetchmail runs, it
> > tries again the same deliveries. How do I teach it these are permanent
> > failures?
>
> I suspect you need to ensure that msmtp returns a status of zero for
> permanent failures (see the MDA option in the man page).
>
> Of course, you're failing to comply with the RFCs by refusing <> as a
> sender :)


Acutally, it now appears the reason for this is that exim was set to:
 require verify        = sender

which is the default.

According to exim spec:
  require verify                     = sender
This statement requires the sender address to be verified before any subsequent 
ACL statement can be
used. If verification fails, the incoming recipient address is refused.