<pre>I am using a setup of mutt (version 1.5.9i)+fetchmail (version 6.2.5+NTLM+SDPS+SSL+NLS ) and exim4(4.50-8Sarge2) to access my work mail id <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a><br><br>
The whole setup runs on a Debian Sarge machine.<br><br>user@hostname:~$ uname -a<br>Linux hostname 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux<br>user@hostname:~$ <br><br>The output of fetchmail -v is provided below.
<br><br>vivekc@hostname:~$ fetchmail -v<br>Enter password for vivekc@learning.hifx.net@<a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a>: <br>fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007 05:10:17 PM IST: poll started
<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 lyra [cppop 20.0] at [<a href="http://64.235.230.209">64.235.230.209</a>]<br>fetchmail: POP3> CAPA<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows<br>fetchmail: POP3< TOP<br>fetchmail: POP3< USER
<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< UIDL<br>fetchmail: POP3< XSENDER<br>fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION cppop<br>fetchmail: POP3< .<br>fetchmail: POP3> USER <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net
</a><br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Need a password<br>fetchmail: POP3> PASS *<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK You have 1 messages totaling 2790 octets from /home/hifx002/mail/learning.hifx.net/vivekc/inbox (full load)<br>fetchmail: POP3> STAT
<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 2238<br>fetchmail: POP3> LAST<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0<br>1 message for <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a> at <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net
</a><br> (2238 octets).<br>fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 552<br>fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2238 octets<br>reading message vivekc@learning.hifx.net@<br><a href="http://hifx.net:1">
hifx.net:1</a> of 1 (552 octets)<br>fetchmail: SMTP< <a href="http://220-lyra.lunarpages.com">220-lyra.lunarpages.com</a> ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:40:27 -0800 <br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220 and/or bulk e-mail.<br>fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost<br>fetchmail: SMTP< <a href="http://250-lyra.lunarpages.com">250-lyra.lunarpages.com</a> Hello localhost [<br><a href="http://59.93.43.15">
59.93.43.15</a>]<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 52428800<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP<br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<
<br><a href="mailto:vivekcherian@gmail.com">vivekcherian@gmail.com</a>> SIZE=552<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."<br>fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 message to verify they are valid."<br>fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address `vivekc@<br><a href="http://hifx.net">
hifx.net</a>'<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hostname.vtc.server ESMTP Exim 4.50 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:10:40 +0530<br>fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 hostname.vtc.server Hello vivekc at localhost [
<br><a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a>]<br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<<a href="mailto:FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server">FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc>
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <vivekc>: recipient address must contain a domain<br>fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 221 hostname.vtc.server closing connection<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<br>
<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."
<br>fetchmail: can't even send to vivekc!<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP> RSET<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset OK<br> flushed<br>fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK message 1 will be deleted when you logout
<br>fetchmail: POP3> QUIT<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Bye!<br><br>fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007 05:10:41 PM IST: poll completed<br>fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 221 <br><a href="http://lyra.lunarpages.com">lyra.lunarpages.com</a> closing connection<br>fetchmail: normal termination, status 0<br>vivekc@hostname:~$ <br><br>The mails are being fetched from the
<a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> mail servers but no local delivery takes place to my local I am using a setup of mutt (version 1.5.9i)+fetchmail (version 6.2.5+NTLM+SDPS+SSL+NLS ) and exim4(4.50-8Sarge2) to access my work mail id
<a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a><br><br>The whole setup runs on a Debian Sarge machine.<br><br>user@hostname:~$ uname -a<br>Linux hostname 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
<br>user@hostname:~$ <br><br>The output of fetchmail -v is provided below.<br><br>vivekc@hostname:~$ fetchmail -v<br>Enter password for vivekc@learning.hifx.net@<a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a>: <br>fetchmail: 6.2.5
querying <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007 05:10:17 PM IST: poll started<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 lyra [cppop 20.0] at [<a href="http://64.235.230.209">64.235.230.209</a>
]<br>fetchmail: POP3> CAPA<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows<br>fetchmail: POP3< TOP<br>fetchmail: POP3< USER<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< UIDL<br>fetchmail: POP3< XSENDER<br>fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION cppop
<br>fetchmail: POP3< .<br>fetchmail: POP3> USER <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a><br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Need a password<br>fetchmail: POP3> PASS *<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK You have 1 messages totaling 2790 octets from /home/hifx002/mail/learning.hifx.net/vivekc/inbox (full load)
<br>fetchmail: POP3> STAT<br><br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 2238<br>fetchmail: POP3> LAST<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0<br>1 message for <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a> at <a href="http://hifx.net">
hifx.net</a><br> (2238 octets).<br>fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 552<br>fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2238 octets<br>reading message vivekc@learning.hifx.net@<br><a href="http://hifx.net:1">
hifx.net:1</a> of 1 (552 octets)<br>fetchmail: SMTP< <a href="http://220-lyra.lunarpages.com">220-lyra.lunarpages.com</a> ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:40:27 -0800 <br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220 and/or bulk e-mail.<br>fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost<br>fetchmail: SMTP< <a href="http://250-lyra.lunarpages.com">250-lyra.lunarpages.com</a> Hello localhost [<br><a href="http://59.93.43.15">
59.93.43.15</a>]<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 52428800<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP<br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<
<br><a href="mailto:vivekcherian@gmail.com">vivekcherian@gmail.com</a>> SIZE=552<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."<br>fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 message to verify they are valid."<br>fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address `vivekc@<br><a href="http://hifx.net">
hifx.net</a>'<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hostname.vtc.server ESMTP Exim 4.50 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:10:40 +0530<br>fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 hostname.vtc.server Hello vivekc at localhost [
<br><a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a>]<br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<<a href="mailto:FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server">FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc>
<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <vivekc>: recipient address must contain a domain<br>fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 221 hostname.vtc.server closing connection<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<br>
<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."
<br>fetchmail: can't even send to vivekc!<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP> RSET<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset OK<br> flushed<br>fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK message 1 will be deleted when you logout
<br>fetchmail: POP3> QUIT<br>fetchmail: POP3< +OK Bye!<br><br>fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007 05:10:41 PM IST: poll completed<br>fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 221 <br><a href="http://lyra.lunarpages.com">lyra.lunarpages.com</a> closing connection<br>fetchmail: normal termination, status 0<br>vivekc@hostname:~$ <br><br>The mails are being fetched from the
<a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a> mail servers but no local delivery takes place to my local spool /var/mail/vivekc. The FQDN of my machine (which is inside the company's LAN) is hostname.vtc.server.<br><br>I also noticed that during the SMTP transaction the RCPT TO: field value has been changed to
<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a> instead of <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net</a><br><br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<<a href="mailto:vivekcherian@gmail.com">vivekcherian@gmail.com
</a>> SIZE=552<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a><br>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this
<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."<br>fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 message to verify they are valid."<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address `vivekc@<a href="http://hifx.net">
hifx.net</a>'<br><br><br>I also notice that later in the output that there is no domain associated with the recipient address.<br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hostname.vtc.server ESMTP Exim 4.50 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:10:40 +0530
<br>fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 hostname.vtc.server Hello vivekc at localhost [<br><a href="http://127.0.0.1">127.0.0.1</a>]<br>fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<<a href="mailto:FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server">
FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc><br><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <vivekc>: recipient address must contain a domain<br>fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 221 hostname.vtc.server closing connection<br>fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<<br><a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a>><br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified. Please check all recipients of this
<br>fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."<br><br>This is how my .fetchmailrc file looks like.<br><br># By default, the system-wide fetchmail will output logging messages to<br># syslog; uncomment the line below to disable this. This might be useful
<br># if you are logging to another file using the 'logfile' option.<br><br>#<br># set no syslog<br><br># Avoid loss on 4xx errors. On the other hand, 5xx errors get more<br># dangerous.<br>#<br>set no bouncemail<br>
<br># The following defaults are used when connecting to any server, and can<br><br># be overridden in the server description below.<br># <br># Set antispam to -1, since it is far safer to use that together with no<br># bouncemail.
<br>#<br>defaults:<br> antispam -1 <br> batchlimit 100<br><br> # Example server section.<br><br> #<br> #poll <a href="http://foo.bar.org">foo.bar.org</a> with protocol pop3<br> poll <a href="http://hifx.net">
hifx.net</a> with protocol pop3<br> # user baka there is localbaka here smtphost <br><a href="http://smtp.foo.bar.org">smtp.foo.bar.org</a>;<br> user <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net
</a> there is vivekc here smtphost <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net</a>;<br> <br><br>The pop3 and smtp servers for the domain <a href="http://learning.hifx.net">learning.hifx.net</a> is <a href="http://hifx.net">hifx.net
</a>.<br><br><br>I would like to know why<br><br>1) The RCPT TO: field value has been changed to <a href="mailto:vivekc@hifx.net">vivekc@hifx.net</a> instead of <a href="mailto:vivekc@learning.hifx.net">vivekc@learning.hifx.net
</a><br><br>2) Later in the output that there is no domain associated with the recipient address.<br><br>Kindly also let me know if I need to provide any additional information.<br></pre>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Vivek Varghese Cherian