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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a053fb5d..b66140d7 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2881,15 +2881,22 @@ need to say something like '<code>envelope 1 Received</code>' or <pre> Received: from send103.yahoomail.com (send103.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.92]) - by iserv.ttns.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA10088 - for <ksturgeon@fbceg.org>; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:01:59 -0700 + by iserv.example.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA10088 + for <ksturgeon@fbceg.example.org>; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:01:59 -0700 </pre> -<p>it checks to see if 'iserv.ttns.net' is a DNS alias of your -mailserver before accepting 'ksturgeon@fbceg.org' as an envelope +<p>it checks to see if 'iserv.example.net' is a DNS alias of your +mailserver before accepting 'ksturgeon@fbceg.example.org' as an envelope address. This check might fail if your DNS were misconfigured, or -if you were using 'no dns' and had failed to declare iserv.ttns.net -as an alias of your server.</p> +if you were using 'no dns' and had failed to declare iserv.example.net +as an alias of your server. The typical hint is logging similar to: +<code>line rejected, iserv.example.net is not an alias of the mailserver</code>, +if you use fetchmail in verbose mode.</p> + +<p><strong>Workaround:</strong> You can specify the alias explicitly, with <code>aka + <em>iserv.example.net</em></code> statements in the rcfile. Replace +<em>iserv.example.net</em> by the name you find in <strong>your</strong> +'by' part of the 'Received:' line.</p> <h2><a id="M8" name="M8">M8. Users are getting multiple copies of messages.</a></h2> |