> (I get some obscure errors, suddenly: > skipping message 880 not flushed > reading message 881 of 1261 (3233 bytes) .fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 > <@public.uni-hamburg.de> : colon expected after route > fetchmail: SMTP error: 501 <ingo> : sender address must contain a domain Someone put a domain-less address in the sender-field, and your smtp software is rejecting it for that reason. Not a fetchmail problem. > fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from public.uni-hamburg.de > ) > > I found this: > I have a local user named tester, and try to get his mail with fetchmail, > this works only if I send to address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > it does not work with: tester or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is not a fetchmail problem, it is your smtp software. (exim/smail/ sendmail/...) It is set up to allow mail to/from only some domains, debian.virtual.de.host is apparently not one of them. You may have to set it up so it appends a default domain when you enter only a username too. A reason for having such a strict smtp system is spam blocking, spammers tend to use forged addresses/domains and having your machine reject such things is generally a good idea. Helge Hafting
