Thanks Stephen and Didi for replying.
Okay, I installed fetchmail and created my .fetchmailrc file. I
configured exim using the #2 option and added my mail server as the
smarthost.
When I ran fetchmail -v with mail on the server I got an error
(something about localhost). When I ran it without mail on the server, I
didn't get any errors. Also, sending mail from mutt gave a
strange/cryptic error message (to follow). I checked out the fetchmail
FAQ and uncommented the smtp entry in my /etc/inetd.conf file.
Now when I run fetchmail -v I get several screenfuls of info. Messages
are found, but they aren't popped of the server. Here's the error
message (actually only the last part of it):
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 5 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2762 octets
reading message 5 of 5 (2762 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL
FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
SIZE=2762
fetchmail: SMTP< 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
fetchmail: SMTP error: 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset OK
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 smaug.cv1.sdca.home.com ESMTP Exim 3.02 #1 Thu, 01
Jul 1999 23:52:39 -0700
fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 smaug.cv1.sdca.home.com Hello mwagnon at localhost
[127.0.0.1]
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is syntactically
correct
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT
TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is
syntactically correct
fetchmail: SMTP> DATA
fetchmail: SMTP< 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself
fetchmail: SMTP: (bounce-message body)
fetchmail: SMTP>. (EOM)
fetchmail: SMTP< 421 Unexpected failure, please try later
. not flushed
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK mwagnon1 InterMail POP3 server signing off.
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
When I try to send a message I get this:
File /tmp/mutt-smaug-376-0 saved.
1999-07-02 00:06:01 10zxOb-00006F-00 Expansion of "Received: ${if
def:sender_rcvhost {from ${sender_rcvhost}\n\t}{${if def:sender_ident
{from ${sender_ident} }}${if def:sender_helo_name
{(helo=${sender_helo_name})\n\t}}}}by ${primary_hostname} ${if
def:received_protocol {with ${received_protocol}}} (Exim
${version_number} #${compile_number} (Debian))\n\t${if def:received_for
{for $received_for\n\t}}id ${message_id}${if def:received_for {\n\tfor
<$received_for}>}" (received_header_text) failed: syntax error in "else"
substring
Error sending message, child exited 1 ().
I assume that they are related somehow, and that fixing one will fix the
other.
Where might I look to decode this?
thanks again for your help
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