From e5bbb9eb9290dc44bb2499fa40d7b3eb1f0d1f2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 20:03:53 +0000 Subject: Better exim support. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1262 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') 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 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1997/08/10 19:00:48 $ +$Date: 1997/08/11 20:03:53 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -741,10 +741,11 @@ Note this does require a modern /bin/sh.

T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?

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).

-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 rewrite 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.

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