[NTLUG:Discuss] Problems retrieving mail
Alton Pouncey
arpounce at earthlink.net
Mon Oct 25 07:42:11 CDT 1999
Looks like a DNS situation from Earthlink's end. Notice the results of
nslookup:
> mail.earthlink.net
Server: ns1.earthlink.net
Address: 207.217.126.41
Name: snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net
Address: 207.217.120.62
Aliases: mail.earthlink.net
> emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net
Server: ns1.earthlink.net
Address: 207.217.126.41
Name: emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net
Address: 207.217.121.31
mail.earthlink.net is snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net. emu.prod.earthlink.net is
a different IP address than snipe is. Try changing mail.earthlink.net to the
fqdn of snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net in your .fetchmailrc and see if that
works.
I realize it's a pain but you should be able to fetch your mail then.
Good Luck,
Alton Pouncey
Keith Rice wrote:
> I just started getting SMTP errors when retrieving my mail using
> fetchmail. I've been using fetchmail for a while with no problem but this
> just started for some reason. I haven't made any configuration changes to
> my bash configuration or to sendmail. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> I've inserted transcripts of my errors below.
>
> Thanks,
> Keith
>
> Here is my .fetchmailrc:
>
> poll mail.earthlink.net protocol POP3 username dkrcomp password ********
>
> Here is what I get when I run fetchmail:
>
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1003 $ fetchmail
> 1 message for dkrcomp at mail.earthlink.net (883 octets).
> reading message 1 of 1 (883 octets) fetchmail: SMTP error: 451
> <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Sender domain must resolve
> not flushed
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1004 $
>
> I get this when I run fetchmail in verbose mode:
>
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1001 $ fetchmail -v
> fetchmail: 5.0.3 querying mail.earthlink.net (protocol POP3) at Sun, 24
> Oct 1999 20:44:11 -0500 (CDT)
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK EarthLink multi-threaded POP server (version
> 2.3-FL)
> at emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net.
> <2778.940815846 at emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
> fetchmail: POP3> USER dkrcomp
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for dkrcomp.
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK dkrcomp has 1 message (883 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 883
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 is the last read message.
> 1 message for dkrcomp at mail.earthlink.net (883 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> LIST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages (883 octets)
> fetchmail: POP3< 1 883
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 883 octets
> reading message 1 of 1 (883 octets)
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 dkrice1.quipher.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3;
> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 20:44:18 -0500
> fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-dkrice1.quipher.net Hello IDENT:dkrcomp at localhost
> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ONEX
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XUSR
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<dkrcomp at earthlink.net> SIZE=883
> fetchmail: SMTP< 451 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Sender domain must
> resolve
> fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Sender domain must
> resolve
> fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset state
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 dkrice1.quipher.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3;
> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 20:44:19 -0500
> fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 dkrice1.quipher.net Hello IDENT:dkrcomp at localhost
> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON at localhost>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <FETCHMAIL-DAEMON at localhost>... Sender ok
> fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<dkrcomp at earthlink.net>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 550 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Relaying denied
> not flushed
> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Pop server at emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net signing
> off.
> fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
> fetchmail: SMTP< 221 dkrice1.quipher.net closing connection
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1002 $
>
> For those of you who want more detail, here is the "verbose verbose" mode:
>
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1002 $ fetchmail -v -v
> fetchmail: 5.0.3 querying mail.earthlink.net (protocol POP3) at Sun, 24
> Oct 1999 20:44:44 -0500 (CDT)
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK EarthLink POP server (version 1.6-FL) at
> swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net.
> <25222.940815879 at swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
> fetchmail: POP3> USER dkrcomp
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Password required for dkrcomp.
> fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK dkrcomp has 1 message (883 octets).
> fetchmail: selecting or re-polling default folder
> fetchmail: POP3> STAT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 883
> fetchmail: POP3> LAST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0 is the last read message.
> 1 message for dkrcomp at mail.earthlink.net (883 octets).
> fetchmail: POP3> LIST
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 messages (883 octets)
> fetchmail: POP3< 1 883
> fetchmail: POP3< .
> fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK 883 octets
> reading message 1 of 1 (883 octets)
> About to rewrite From: Keith Rice <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>
> Rewritten version is From: Keith Rice <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>
>
> About to rewrite To: dkrcomp at earthlink.net
> Rewritten version is To: dkrcomp at earthlink.net
>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 dkrice1.quipher.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3;
> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 20:44:51 -0500
> fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-dkrice1.quipher.net Hello IDENT:dkrcomp at localhost
> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-EXPN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-VERB
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-8BITMIME
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-DSN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ONEX
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-ETRN
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250-XUSR
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
> fetchmail: forwarding to localhost
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<dkrcomp at earthlink.net> SIZE=883
> fetchmail: SMTP< 451 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Sender domain must
> resolve
> fetchmail: SMTP error: 451 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Sender domain must
> resolve
> fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset state
> fetchmail: SMTP< 220 dkrice1.quipher.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3;
> Sun, 24 Oct 1999 20:44:51 -0500
> fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 dkrice1.quipher.net Hello IDENT:dkrcomp at localhost
> [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON at localhost>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <FETCHMAIL-DAEMON at localhost>... Sender ok
> fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<dkrcomp at earthlink.net>
> fetchmail: SMTP< 550 <dkrcomp at earthlink.net>... Relaying denied
> not flushed
> fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
> fetchmail: POP3< +OK Pop server at swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net signing
> off.
> fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
> fetchmail: saved UID List
> fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
> fetchmail: SMTP< 221 dkrice1.quipher.net closing connection
> fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
> fetchmail: Deleting fetchids file.
> [dkrcomp at dkrice1:~] 1003 $
>
> --
> Keith Rice E-Mail..: dkrcomp at earthlink.net
> Hurst, Texas, USA WWW.....: http://home.earthlink.net/~dkrcomp
> -----==========-----
> PGP Key ID...: 0xDD08858D
> Fingerprint..: A933 128D B327 821E CF0F 2CB8 CAD4 CFD5 DD08 858D
>
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