On Thu, Oct 29, 1998 at 06:46:19PM +0000, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Lee Bradshaw wrote:
>
> > Can I change my system at home to accept these messages that are messed up by
> > mindspring? fetchmail/exim dies:
> >
> > fetchmail: forwarding to freefall
> > fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<@pop.mindspring.com> SIZE=2249
> > fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <@pop.mindspring.com> : colon expected after route
>
> [...]
>
> > by freefall (fetchmail-4.3.9 POP3)
>
> Oh. I'd get a newer version of fetchmail if possible, I think
> 4.6.5 has just been released, and v5 isn't too far away. check
> http://earthspace.net/~esr/fetchmail/ . I used to have this problem,
> but I think a more recent version of fetchmail may have fixed it.
>
> Ben Smithurst ben@???
Yes, fetchmail was the culprit. Fortunately I hadn't complained to my isp yet.
Things are working fine with fetchmail 4.6.4.
Thanks for the help.
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