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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 49058bab..dd5d1c89 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <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: 1999/03/27 15:14:36 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/03/27 16:07:00 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1034,11 +1034,24 @@ from the local user name.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="T3">T3. How can I use fetchmail with exim?</a></h2><p> -By default, the exim listener enforces the the RFC1123 requirement -that MAIL FROM and RCPT TO addresses you pass to it have to be canonical -(e.g. with a fully qualified hostname part). <p> +If you have <CODE>rewrite</CODE> on: <P> + +There is an RFC1123 requirement that MAIL FROM and RCPT TO addresses +you pass to it have to be canonical (e.g. with a fully qualified +hostname part). Therefore fetchmail tries to pass fully qualified +RCPT TO addresses. But exim does not by default accept `localhost' as +a fully qualified domain. This can be fixed.<P> + +In exim.conf, add `localhost' to your local_domains declaration if it's not +already present. For example, the author's site at thyrsus.com would +have a line reading:<P> + +<pre> + local_domains = thyrsus.com:localhost +</pre> + +If you have <CODE>rewrite</CODE> off:<P> -Fetchmail always passes fully qualified RCPT TO addresses. But MAIL FROM is a potential problem if the MTAs upstream from your fetchmail don't necessarily pass canonicalized From and Return-Path addresses, and fetchmail's <CODE>rewrite</CODE> option is off. The specific case @@ -2280,7 +2293,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<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: 1999/03/27 15:14:36 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/03/27 16:07:00 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |