> I seem to have a problem..
>
> With exim configured with;
> sender_host_accept_relay = 127.0.0.1
> sender_host_reject_relay = *
> which I assume would only allow localhosts to deliver through exim.. ok
> then I use fetchmail to go collect the email from POP3 and deliver
> locally, instead of getting the messages I get automated messages from
> my isp saying;
>
> Demon Internet currently offers two ways of accessing email.
>
> In one, SMTP, the SMTP client running on the mail machines at Demon
> sends email to a SMTP server (or "daemon") on your machine and then
> deletes it on the Demon machines.
>
> In the other, POP3, the POP3 server offers the client a
> list of files; the client then chooses which of these files
> to retrive or to download.
>
> When both ways are used simultaneously, it can happen that
> a message that was initially found and offered by the POP3
> server is then delivered and deleted by the SMTP client;
> when the POP3 client then requests it, it is gone.
>
> That has just happened.
>
> The message hasn't been lost; it has merely been delivered
> through another channel. You should find it elsewhere in your
> mailbox.
>
> The easiest way to prevent this from occurring in the future
> is to not use POP3 and SMTP simultaneously.
>
> If you have any further questions and comments about this,
> please contact support@???.
>
> Now I don't know where those messages are. My guess is that my isp's MTA
> assumed I received them and cleared them from their queue. Now how do I
> get around this?? I want to use fetchmail to collect my mail and only
> have exim there to stop their MTA trying to deliver.
>
> Any idea guys??
>
> below is an entry in the logs in response to my isp's MTA
>
> 1999-01-20 19:52:33 refused relay (host accept) to
> <jason@???> fr
> om <owner-lbc@???> H=(punt-21.mail.demon.net)
> [194.217.242.6]
>
> Thanks in advances
> Jase
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