fetchmail/sendmail: Domain of sender address does not exist

[Anton Shterenlikht]

	Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:07:45 +0100
	From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree at gmx.de>
	To: freebsd-ports at freebsd.org
	Subject: Re: fetchmail/sendmail: Domain of sender address does not exist
	Cc: "fetchmail-users at lists.berlios.de" <fetchmail-users at lists.berlios.de>

	(Since freebsd-ports is a public list, too, I am
	copying to fetchmail-users mailing list for future reference.
	Note that the fetchmail lists only permit subscribers to post.)

	Am 07.03.2013 16:12, schrieb Anton Shterenlikht:

	> I see e.g.:
	> 
	> fetchmail: IMAP> A0021 FETCH 14 RFC822.HEADER
	> fetchmail: IMAP< * 14 FETCH (RFC822.HEADER {4833}
	> reading message mexas at epo.bris.ac.uk:14 of 14 (4833 header octets) 
	> fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<fsde_1e2ciclos at mrsevangelineschafers.localdomain> BODY=8BITMIME SIZE=5930
	> fetchmail: SMTP< 553 5.1.8 <fsde_1e2ciclos at mrsevangelineschafers.localdomain>... Domain of sender address fsde_1e2ciclos at mrsevangelineschafers.localdomain does not exist
	> fetchmail: SMTP error: 553 5.1.8 <fsde_1e2ciclos at mrsevangelineschafers.localdomain>... Domain of sender address fsde_1e2ciclos at mrsevangelineschafers.localdomain does not exist
	> fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
	> fetchmail: SMTP< 250 2.0.0 Reset state
	> 
	> fetchmail: IMAP< )
	> fetchmail: IMAP< A0021 OK Completed (0.000 sec)
	> 
	>  not flushed
	> 
	> I'm also confused by this section of fetchmail
	> man page:
	> 
	> *quote*
	> SMTP/ESMTP ERROR HANDLING
	>        Besides the spam-blocking  described  above,  fetchmail  takes  special
	>        actions on the following SMTP/ESMTP error responses
	> ...
	> 
	>        553 (invalid sending domain)
	>             Delete the message from  the  server.   Don't  even  try  to  send
	>             bounce-mail to the originator.
	> *end quote*
	> 
	> I do get error 553 here, but the emails are not
	> deleted from the server. I tried running fetchmail
	> dosens of times, but this email (and others, about 15
	> in total), just wouldn't go away, and I cannot
	> get those either.
	> 
	> Maybe I should ask in fetchmail lists.

	Indeed you should.

	However, look for "softbounce" in the manual page, it is on by default
	in fetchmail versions >= 6.3.10 and < 7.0.0 (not yet released) to avoid
	mail loss.

	--nosoftbounce on the command line, or "set no softbounce" early in the
	.fetchmailrc will cause fetchmail to delete such messages (I should add
	a pointer to that section).

	I will add a pointer to these options to the quoted section, though, to
	appear in v6.3.25.

	HTH
	Matthias

Thank you for the reply.
I've forgotten that I'm actually subscribed to fetchmail-users.

Anton