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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 844ad20a..4d48e2a6 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: 1997/08/10 19:00:48 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/08/11 20:03:53 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -741,10 +741,11 @@ Note this <em>does</em> require a modern /bin/sh.<p> <h2><a name="T2">T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?</a></h2><p> By default, the exim listener enforces the the RFC1123 requirement -that MAIL FROM addresses you pass to it have to be canonical +that MAIL FROM and RCPT TO addresses you pass to it have to be canonical (e.g. with a fully qualified hostname part). <p> -This is a potential problem if the MTAs upstream from your fetchmail +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 where this has come up involves bounce messages generated by sendmail @@ -1233,7 +1234,7 @@ to solve the problem system-wide.<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: 1997/08/10 19:00:48 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/08/11 20:03:53 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |