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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1999-06-08 07:39:16 +0000
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<table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
<td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a>
<td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a>
-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/07 12:04:11 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:39:16 $
</table>
<HR>
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1>
@@ -950,6 +950,10 @@ Cwlocalhost
so that sendmail recognizes `localhost' as a name of its host.<p>
+If you're mailing from another machine on your local network, also
+ensure that its IP address is listed in ip_allow or name in name_allow
+(usually in /etc/mail/)<p>
+
If you find that your sendmail doesn't like the address
`FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@localhost' (which is used in the bouncemail
that fetchmail generates), you may have to set
@@ -1347,14 +1351,16 @@ provider.)<P>
<hr>
<h2><a name="S6">S6. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?</a></h2>
-No special configuration is required, but OpenMail has an annoying bug
-similar to the big one in <a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a>.
-The message sizes it gives in the LIST are rounded to the nearest 1024
-bytes. It also has a nasty habit of discarding headers it doesn't
-recognize, such as X- and Resent- headers.<P>
+No special configuration is required, but OpenMail versions prior to
+6.0 have an annoying bug similar to the big one in <a
+href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a>. The message sizes it gives in the
+LIST are rounded to the nearest 1024 bytes. It also has a nasty habit
+of discarding headers it doesn't recognize, such as X- and Resent-
+headers.<P>
As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a
-POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead.<P>
+POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead. OpenMail's
+project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0<P>
<hr>
<h2><a name="S8">S8. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?</a></h2>
@@ -2385,7 +2391,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<p>
<table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr>
<td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a>
<td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a>
-<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/07 12:04:11 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:39:16 $
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<P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>