From 6113a3f6da6b0fc667c9f56b99ad5c6419947b1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 03:53:25 +0000 Subject: Note the SIGPIPE problem. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2997 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 84a3b8d2..65dad351 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: 2000/12/01 09:47:52 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/12/12 03:53:25 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#R9">R9. Fetchmail is timing out after fetching certain messages but before deleting them</a><br> <a href="#R10">R10. Fetchmail is timing out during message fetches</a><br> +<a href="#R11">R11. Fetchmail is dying with SIGPIPE.</a><br> <h1>Disappearing mail</h1> @@ -2198,6 +2199,13 @@ should; see question <a href="#C1">C1</a>.<p> Or you may not be connecting to the SMTP listener. Run fetchmail -v and see <a href="#R1">R1</a>.<p> +<hr> +<h2><a name="R11">R11. Fetchmail is dying with SIGPIPE.</a></h2> + +This probably means you have an <code>mda</code> option. Your MDA is +croaking while being passed a message. Best fix is to remove the +<code>mda</code> option and pass mail to your port 25 SMTP listener.<p> + <hr> <h2><a name="D2">D2. All my mail seems to disappear after a dropped connection.</a></h2> @@ -2971,7 +2979,7 @@ install Linux on your server...<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: 2000/12/01 09:47:52 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/12/12 03:53:25 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> -- cgit v1.2.3