Even if you solve quotes problem, postfix will deliver message to [email protected]. Is this what you want? You may try smtpname option of fetchmail to deliver to local mail user on postfix server. Or if you do not change "rcpt to", you may try to deliver directly to mda with "-m" option.
On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:10 AM, John Schmitt <[email protected]> wrote: > > I use fetchmail to get my email from yahoo & gmail et al. Lately I've been > getting these two messages when fetchmail runs. What is postfix doing and > what is it trying to tell me? Is this something I should fix on my end? Is > postfix trying to resend some spam I received from yahoo? Or is it just > having trouble delivering spam to my inbox? > > I'm running a simple home setup for myself using Fedora 12. > > Transcript of session follows. > > Out: 220 mymachine.mydomain.net ESMTP Postfix > In: HELO mymachine > Out: 250 mymachine.mydomain.net > In: MAIL FROM:<> > Out: 250 2.1.0 Ok > In: RCPT TO:<"???B?\" <[email protected]>> > Out: 501 5.1.3 Bad recipient address syntax > In: QUIT > Out: 221 2.0.0 Bye > > > For other details, see the local mail logfile > > > Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 13:02:01 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mail Delivery System <[email protected]> > To: Postmaster <[email protected]> > Subject: Postfix SMTP server: errors from localhost[::1] > > Transcript of session follows. > > Out: 220 mymachine.mydomain.net ESMTP Postfix > In: EHLO pop-ssl.plus.mail.a06.yahoodns.net > Out: 250-mymachine.mydomain.net > Out: 250-PIPELINING > Out: 250-SIZE > Out: 250-VRFY > Out: 250-ETRN > Out: 250-STARTTLS > Out: 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES > Out: 250-8BITMIME > Out: 250 DSN > In: MAIL FROM:<"???B?\" <[email protected]>> BODY=8BITMIME SIZE=2131 > Out: 501 5.1.7 Bad sender address syntax > In: RSET > Out: 250 2.0.0 Ok > In: QUIT > Out: 221 2.0.0 Bye > > > For other details, see the local mail logfile > > This is from /var/log/maillog: > > Apr 8 13:02:00 mymachine postfix/smtpd[13072]: connect from localhost[::1] > Apr 8 13:02:00 mymachine postfix/smtpd[13000]: connect from localhost[::1] > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/cleanup[13003]: 00144E02007: > message-id=<[email protected]> > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/smtpd[13000]: disconnect from localhost[::1] > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/qmgr[21590]: 00144E02007: > from=<[email protected]>, size=759, nrcpt=1 (queue active) > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: accepted connection > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: lmtp connection preauth'd as > postman > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: duplicate_check: > <[email protected]> user.john 0 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/cleanup[13003]: 20E23E02009: > message-id=<[email protected]> > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: duplicate_check: > <[email protected]> user.john 0 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/qmgr[21590]: 20E23E02009: > from=<[email protected]>, size=957, nrcpt=1 (queue active) > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/smtpd[13072]: disconnect from localhost[::1] > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[13071]: accepted connection > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[13071]: lmtp connection preauth'd as > postman > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: Delivered: > <[email protected]> to mailbox: user.john > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: mystore: starting txn 2147490480 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: mystore: committing txn 2147490480 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: duplicate_mark: > <[email protected]> user.john > 1270756921 320038 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: mystore: starting txn 2147490481 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: mystore: committing txn 2147490481 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[12930]: duplicate_mark: > <[email protected]> [email protected]. > 1270756921 0 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine lmtpunix[13071]: duplicate_check: > <[email protected]> user.john 0 > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/lmtp[13008]: 00144E02007: > to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<postmaster>, > relay=mymachine.mydomain.net[/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp], delay=0.42, > delays=0.06/0/0/0.35, dsn=2.1.5, status=sent (250 2.1.5 Ok) > Apr 8 13:02:01 mymachine postfix/qmgr[21590]: 00144E02007: removed > >
