Re: [Fetchmail-users] wrong message length on every message

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Am 17.12.21 um 02:38 schrieb hput via Fetchmail-users:
> 0S: ubuntu-21.10
> fetchmail release 6.4.22+SSL-SSLv2-SSLv3+NLS
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>
> At one of the  pop3 servers I use I get messages like the one below for every
> message (wrapped for mail):
>
> ,----
> | fetchmail: message bl...@zo...@pop.zoho.com:12 was not the
> | expected length (1513 actual != 856 expected)
> `----
>
> At another  pop3 server I use, nothing like that ever happens.
>
> So suspicious it may be on the server side.  As you see that is:
> zohomail.com
>
> Can any of you here tell me what to make of the messages and whether
> it is likely a server problem or not.

Harry,

As you suspect, it is a server problem. Some servers compress their
storage and report the compressed size, and some miscount line endings.

As long as it does not causes issues on the mailserver (SMTP server)
your fetchmail forwards to, you can ignore this, and of course you can
tell the server operator to fix their POP3 server... and recommend RFC-1939.

HTH

Regards,
Matthias