>>> "Andreas" == ller <Andreas> writes:
[snip]
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 XAA00863 Message accepted for delivery
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 localhost.localdomain closing connection
........fetchmail: socket error while fetching from pop3.myprovider.de
fetchmail: Query status=2
[much log snipped]
Andreas> suppose that's O.K. but then I suppose with the QUIT
Andreas> command something goes wrong. The mail is not deleted
Andreas> from the pop server of my provider and all previous mails
Andreas> are not deleted, too. So I keep getting always the same
It's staying in the spool since your box closes the connection before
telling fetchmail that the mail was accepted.
Why is sendmail doing a 'QUIT'?
Andreas> mails from my provider's server. Why do I get a socket
Andreas> error? This mail somehow blocks my mailbox on my
You get a socket error because the connection is closed before
delivery.
Andreas> provider's server. How to solve this problem? BTW I've
Andreas> read the man page for fetchmail, but I do not understand
Andreas> the antispam part that well. Is there any additional info
Andreas> with some examples on how to block spam wiht fetchmail.
Fetchmail isn't really set up for spam filtering. Procmail does a
better job, according to ESR.
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