Re: [Fetchmail-users] 517 Syntax error ??

[mario c. <ml...@ma...>]

On Tue, 2019-02-26 at 05:59 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Tuesday 26 February 2019 04:57:25 mario chiari wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I get this error message:
> > 
> > fetchmail: reading message my...@my...@pop3.mydomain.net:1 of
> > 40 (1552 octets) (log message incomplete)
> > fetchmail: MDA returned nonzero status 67
> > fetchmail:  not flushed
> > 517 Syntax error.
> > 
> > Most often the culprit seems to be a return receipt message, o a
> > failed delivery message.
> > 
> > 
...
> This might be the result of fetchmail being wrongfully denied the ability 
> to delete a mail successfully pulled from the pop3 server.

Gene, thanks for yout reply.

No,  return receipt and failed delivery msgs are not pulled from the pop3
server. (I see them only if I check at my provider's webmail)

m.