Hello-hello
> Sending a line starting with "From " is not a valid SMTP command.
I know... but I didn't say exactly what I have done.
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helo psyche
mail from: plate@psyche
rcpt to: plate@psyche
data
From foobar 08:15 4711
Received: ...
Subject: ...
From: ...
for bar baz :-)
.
quit
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"Fetchmail" feeds something like that to exim via port 25.
> Actually, I don't believe what you say about it working if you remove
> the first line.
I should have said "the first line of the data".
BTW: my problem is solved. Now I use
mda "/usr/sbin/exim -bm %T"
in my "~/.fetchmailrc" and it is working :-)
Sorry for the confusion and thanks for the right hints.
Jörg
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