From 961b3ca761b899113725c07cc5f9b1876945fe57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 00:16:10 +0000 Subject: Added note on living with DEC sendmail. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1587 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index b763eb41..c5281161 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -871,9 +871,18 @@ profiles that will accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere

T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

-No special configuration is required. Eric Allman tells me that if -FEATURE(always_add_domain) is included in sendmail's -configuration, you can leave the rewrite option off. +For most swndmails, no special configuration is required. Eric Allman +tells me that if FEATURE(always_add_domain) is included +in sendmail's configuration, you can leave the rewrite +option off.

+ +Günther Leber reports that Digital Unix sendmails won't work with +fetchmail. The symptom is an error message "553 Local configuration +error, hostname not recognized as local". The problem is that +fetchmail normally feeds sendmail with the client machine's host +address in the MAIL FROM line. These sendmails think this means +they're seeing the result of a mail loop and suppress the mail. You +may be able to work around this by running in --invisible mode.

T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?

@@ -1668,7 +1677,7 @@ a faster MTA like qmail or exim might help.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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