Re: can't retrieve large numbers of email

From: Ric Otte (ric_at_otte.ucsc.edu)
Date: 08/14/04

  • Next message: Mike Ward: "Re: Internet Explorer 6 on Debian Unstable" 
    Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 07:45:29 -0700
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 09:06:08AM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote:
    > I had a similar problem
    >
    > It turns out that my ISP had some spam messages with a single "." on a line by
    > itself. Instead of escaping these, it was transmitting then to me - which
    > was causing fetchmail to think it had got to end of message, was therefore
    > using a command to get the next one. The confused the ISP pop3 server and it
    > closed the connection, this not acting on the delete commands it already had.
    > Next time around it retrieved all the messages again.
    >
    > To get around it, I had to manually telnet into my ISPs pop3 server and issue
    > the delete command manually for that message.
    >
    > In about 1400 spam messages on the server 2 had this problem.
    >
    > I also changed fetchmail to retrieve mail from my isp using IMAP. The delete
    > commands are issued and acting upon every message so I am hoping I don't get
    > the large backlog of messages that resulted from the last occurance.
    >
    > (This is the backup route to my mail, so I had not noticed it had happened
    > because I had stopped receiving mail - but because, all of a sudden I
    > realised I was seeing the same messages over and over again. By the time I
    > had discovered it, there was 1400 messages stuck at my isp).
    >
    I don't think this is the source of my problem, because I'm using the
    IMAP protocol and the messages download fine if I wait 10 or 15
    minutes; there never is any single message that is creating problems.
    Given the error message 10, I think it is because fetchmail cannot
    find an open smtp port. Why, I have no idea. Thanks,
    Ric 

    -- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org 
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
  • Next message: Mike Ward: "Re: Internet Explorer 6 on Debian Unstable"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: cant retrieve large numbers of email
      ... When I run fetchmail, I can download ... The confused the ISP pop3 server and it ... I had to manually telnet into my ISPs pop3 server and issue ... the delete command manually for that message. ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Re: How to stop spam?
      ... I use fetchmail to fetch mail from ISP pop3 server, MailScanner ... After receiving tons of mail destined fir another company with the same name, but different e-mail domain, and after noting that most of it was replies to incorrectly return addressed mail FROM that company, I used to forward it along, until I got fed up and told them that unless they got their won machines setup I would simply bounce the mail. ...
      (comp.os.linux.misc)
    • Re: How to stop spam?
      ... I use fetchmail to fetch mail from ISP pop3 server, MailScanner ... Fetchmail, MailScanner or Sendmail? ...
      (comp.os.linux.misc)
    • Re: [opensuse] Martin =?UTF-8?B?R2zDtnR6bC1Lb2NoIFNUT1AgQk9VTkNJ?= =?UTF-8?B?TkcgTElTVCBNQUl
      ... (in reply to RCPT TO command) ... so finally, postfix, not knowing how to send to ... "4suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" bounces back to us. ... I don't like fetchmail and don't use ...
      (SuSE)
    • Re: How to stop spam?
      ... I use fetchmail to fetch mail from ISP pop3 server, MailScanner ... Fetchmail, MailScanner or Sendmail? ...
      (comp.os.linux.misc)