I think I know the answer to this one but I would like to bounce it off
the list.
I'm running EXIM 4.10 / Spamassassin / Fetchmail under SCO OpenServer
5.0.6. I'm on a cable modem with dynamic IP. My domain name is
registered but is only accessible via a dialup ppp connection which is
rarely used. All email is downloaded from an isp using fetchmail.
Yesterday I received the attached e-mail in my in-box again then again
and again ...
Looking at the reject log I saw:
rejectlog snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2003-04-09 14:58:57 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
2003-04-09 15:03:24 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
2003-04-09 15:09:06 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
2003-04-09 15:14:55 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
2003-04-09 15:20:29 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
2003-04-09 15:26:02 unqualified sender rejected: <root>
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33]
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< rejectlog snip
The mailog showed:
mainlog snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
2003-04-09 15:26:01 193LCn-0001ZZ-00 <= alain@???
H=bcsisco.bcsi1.com [207.112.1.33] P=esmtp S=129407
id=004b01c2fe9c$13f0d9e0$5e00a8c0@???
2003-04-09 15:26:04 193LCr-0001Zc-00 <= alain@??? U=spamkill
P=spam-scanned S=129701 id=004b01c2fe9c$13f0d9e0$5e00a8c0@???
2003-04-09 15:26:04 193LCr-0001Zc-00 => frank <frank@???>
R=localuser T=local_delivery
2003-04-09 15:26:04 193LCr-0001Zc-00 Completed
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< mainlog snip
email header snip >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Return-path: <alain@???>
Envelope-to: frank@???
Delivery-date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:14:57 -0400
Received: from spamkill by bcsisco.bcsi1.com with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10)
id 193L27-0001Y6-00
for frank@???; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:14:57 -0400
Received: from bcsisco.bcsi1.com ([207.112.1.33])
by bcsisco.bcsi1.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10)
id 193L22-0001Y3-00
for frank@???; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:14:50 -0400
Received: from 216.254.136.21
by bcsisco.bcsi1.com (fetchmail-4.3.9 POP3)
for <frank/bcsisco.bcsi1.com> (single-drop); Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:14:50 EDT
Received: from [64.119.120.115] (helo=mrseries.ca)
by notus.primus.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #3)
id 193FxO-0001FP-0A
for frank@???; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:49:42 -0400
Received: from (64.119.120.114 [64.119.120.114]) by MailEnable Inbound
Mail Agent with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Apr 2003 09:38:51 -0400
Message-ID: <004b01c2fe9c$13f0d9e0$5e00a8c0@???>
Reply-To: "ALAIN" <alain@???>
From: "ALAIN" <alain@???>
To: "Alain Wong" <value.customer@???>
Subject: MRS STORAGE FIEWALL SOLUTIONS UPDATE
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 09:29:41 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0047_01C2FE7A.8C72E380"
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<email header snip
Here's what I think happened:
1) the email was fetched from the remote pop3 server
2) fetchmail submitted it the local exim server
3) exim rejected it because of the domain literals in this line:
Received: from (64.119.120.114 [64.119.120.114]) by MailEnable Inbound
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4)fetchmail didn't delete the mail from the pop server because of the
error so back to 2) (endless loop)
No other mail was getting through so I simply configured my Mozilla mail
client to download the e-mail directly from the pop server and that
cleared that.
Everything seems to be ok now.
Did I get it right?
Is there something else I should have done or should be doing instead?
Yes I know, don't use fetchmail. But I need to be running exim because
that's what a number of my customers use so I need to be familiar with
it. Fetchmail at least allows me to work with live emails that can be
pumped through exim and spamassassin.
Thank you for your time.
--
Regards
Frank S. Bernhardt
b.c.s.i.
14 Halton Court
Markham, ON.
L3P 6R3
905-471-1691 Voice
905-471-3016 FAX
frank@???
