Put a line like sender_unqualified_hosts = localhost
into your /etc/exim.conf , and ask someone else for an explanation why. Ingo On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 03:11:37PM +1000, Peter Ludwig wrote: > I've got a little problem with my Debian/Fetchmail/Exim Setup. > > When I am attempting to download my email off of the server I connect to I > receive the following wonderful messages (from fetchmail) :- > > SMTP error 501 : (@mail.one.net.au) colon expected after domain > SMTP error 501 : (khan) unqualified sender > > This happened about 1/3 of the way through downloading my mail and stopped > me from getting anymore (until I told fetchmail that error 501 is actually > caused by the anti-spam section of my mail host, I have not got any > anti-spam capabilities setup at this end, and my host does not use any > anti-spam stuff themselves, they'd need to know what to do to set > something like that up <grin>). > > If anyone has any ideas what is going wrong, I can email them a copy of > any cofig files they request (minus passwords of course). > > Thanks in advance, > Peter Ludwig > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- "Of course, just because we've heard a spine-chilling, blood-curdling scream of the sort to make your very marrow freeze in your bones doesn't automatically mean there's anything wrong." -- (Terry Pratchett, Soul Music)