Re: Fetchmail error 451 4.1.8 in slack9

From: SRIKANTH NS (nssrikanth_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/30/03 

Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:22:24 +0530

Anonymous wrote:
> "NSS" == N S Srikanth <nssrikanth@hotmail.com>:
>> If I give "fetchmail -u srikanthns -p pop3 mail.vsnl.com"
>> and when I give the password at the prompt it reports
>> an SMTP error in Slack9 and does not flush the mails.
>
> Does your Slack9 box allow receiving messages via SMTP from localhost?
>
> Run fetchmail in verbose mode and post its output (after sanitizing a
> bit perhaps).

The following is the output

srikanth@darkstar:~$ fetchmail -v -u srikanthns -p pop3 mail.vsnl.com
Enter password for srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:
fetchmail: 6.2.4 querying mail.vsnl.com (protocol POP3) at Sun Nov 30
09:17:58 2003: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Messaging Multiplexor (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2
HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003))
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR invalid command
fetchmail: invalid command
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Messaging Multiplexor (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2
HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003))
fetchmail: POP3> USER srikanthns
fetchmail: POP3< +OK password required for user srikanthns@vsnl.com
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Maildrop ready
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 7 16463
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
7 messages for srikanthns at mail.vsnl.com (16463 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK scan listing follows
fetchmail: POP3< 1 2595
fetchmail: POP3< 2 2420
fetchmail: POP3< 3 2126
fetchmail: POP3< 4 3094
fetchmail: POP3< 5 2167
fetchmail: POP3< 6 1670
fetchmail: POP3< 7 2391
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:1 of 7 (2595 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 darkstar.example.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10;
Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:18:04 +0530
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-darkstar.example.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1],
pleased to meet you
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DELIVERBY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<ozdewwwqkxyski@hongkong.com> SIZE=2595
fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address
ozdewwwqkxyski@hongkong.com does not resolve
fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address
ozdewwwqkxyski@hongkong.com does not resolve
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 Reset state
. not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 2 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:2 of 7 (2420 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<mike@hotmail.com> SIZE=2420
fetchmail: SMTP< 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address mike@hotmail.com does
not resolve
fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 4.1.8 Domain of sender address mike@hotmail.com
does not resolve
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 Reset state
. not flushed

|| This same error message for message 3 to 7 repeats||

fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: 6.2.4 querying mail.vsnl.com (protocol POP3) at Sun Nov 30
09:18:08 2003: poll completed
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 2.0.0 darkstar.example.net closing connection
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0

Again, I repeat, the same command on line1 in RH9 fetches all mails and
stores it in
/var/spool/mail/srikanth

The following is the output of fetchmail in RH9 (another partition, same
m/c)
[srikanth@localhost srikanth]$ fetchmail -v -u srikanthns -p pop3
mail.vsnl.com
Enter password for srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:
fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying mail.vsnl.com (protocol POP3) at Sun 30 Nov 2003
09:59
:25 AM IST: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Messaging Multiplexor (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2
HotFix
1.16 (built May 14 2003))
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< -ERR invalid command
fetchmail: invalid command
fetchmail: Repoll immediately on srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Messaging Multiplexor (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2
HotFix
1.16 (built May 14 2003))
fetchmail: POP3> USER srikanthns
fetchmail: POP3< +OK password required for user srikanthns@vsnl.com
fetchmail: POP3> PASS
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Maildrop ready
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 12 44545
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
12 messages for srikanthns at mail.vsnl.com (44545 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK scan listing follows
fetchmail: POP3< 1 2595
fetchmail: POP3< 2 2420
fetchmail: POP3< 3 2126
fetchmail: POP3< 4 3094
fetchmail: POP3< 5 2167
fetchmail: POP3< 6 1670
fetchmail: POP3< 7 2391
fetchmail: POP3< 8 11489
fetchmail: POP3< 9 2496
fetchmail: POP3< 10 2238
fetchmail: POP3< 11 6208
fetchmail: POP3< 12 5651
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:1 of 12 (2595 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 localhost.localdomain ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.8/8.12.8;
Sun, 30
 Nov 2003 09:59:31 +0530
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-localhost.localdomain Hello localhost.localdomain
[127.0.0.
1], pleased to meet you
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DELIVERBY
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<ozdewwwqkxyski@hongkong.com> SIZE=2595
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <ozdewwwqkxyski@hongkong.com>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<srikanth@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <srikanth@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#************************.*****************fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 hAU4TVTG002437 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK message deleted
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 2 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
reading message srikanthns@mail.vsnl.com:2 of 12 (2420 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<mike@hotmail.com> SIZE=2420
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.0 <mike@hotmail.com>... Sender ok
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<srikanth@localhost>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.1.5 <srikanth@localhost>... Recipient ok
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
#********************.******fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 hAU4TVTH002437 Message accepted for delivery
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 2
fetchmail: POP3< +OK message deleted

|| same thing continues for message 3 to 12|| then

fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK
fetchmail: 6.2.0 querying mail.vsnl.com (protocol POP3) at Sun 30 Nov 2003
09:59 :46 AM IST: poll completed
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 2.0.0 localhost.localdomain closing connection
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0

I am unable to understand the difference. Can you please guide me?

Cheeka

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