Re: [Exim] Fetchmail-exim conflict

On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, j2 wrote:

>
> > > fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<root@localhost>
> > > fetchmail: SMTP< 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
> > > fetchmail: SMTP error: 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
> > > fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn't like recipient address `root@localhost'
> >
> > Under Exim 3.x, I'm using
> >
> > local_domains = localhost : jbgreen.com
> >
>
> > > I am unsure whether the "listener doesn't like recipient..." is enough
> > > to cause failure in itself, or simply messes it up and causes the
> > > length mismatch.
>
> Uhm, as default, Exim will NOT allow deliveries to "root", check the
> "never_users" directive.

That doesnt mean it wont accept "RCPT TO: root@localhost", it just means
it wont deliver mail to (eg)) /var/spool/mail/root.

There is usually an alias directing roots mail somewhere.

The cause of his problem is that fetchmail is issuing a RCPT TO for an
address that his exim doesnt know about. He needs to make sure exim
recognizes some local address, and that fetchmail forwards the mail to
that address.

However, unless he is actually receiving SMTP calls from somewher else
on the Internet, it is really silly to have his incoming mail go thru
exim. He should just configure fetchmail to deliver directly to his
/var/spool/mail/whatever, possible with procmail or some other mda.