Re: [EXIM] Trouble with "From ..."

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Author: Joerg Plate
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Trouble with "From ..."

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.

--cut-here--
helo psyche
mail from: plate@psyche
rcpt to: plate@psyche
data
From foobar 08:15 4711
Received: ...
Subject: ...
From: ...

for bar baz :-)
.
quit
--cut-here--

"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
--
"i'm working on it"

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