[Pkg-exim4-users] Clarification regarding RCPT TO:

Vivek Varghese Cherian
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:19:17 -0000

I am using a setup of mutt (version 1.5.9i)+fetchmail (version
6.2.5+NTLM+SDPS+SSL+NLS) and exim4(4.50-8Sarge2) to access my work mail id
vivekc@learning.hifx.net

The whole setup runs on a Debian Sarge machine.

user@hostname:~$ uname -a
Linux hostname 2.6.8-2-386 #1 Tue Aug 16 12:46:35 UTC 2005 i686 GNU/Linux
user@hostname:~$

The output of fetchmail -v is provided below.

vivekc@hostname:~$ fetchmail -v
Enter password for vivekc@learning.hifx.net@hifx.net:
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying hifx.net (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007
05:10:17 PM IST: poll started
fetchmail: POP3< +OK POP3 lyra [cppop 20.0] at [64.235.230.209]
fetchmail: POP3> CAPA
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Capability list follows
fetchmail: POP3< TOP
fetchmail: POP3< USER
fetchmail: POP3< UIDL
fetchmail: POP3< XSENDER
fetchmail: POP3< IMPLEMENTATION cppop
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> USER vivekc@learning.hifx.net
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Need a password
fetchmail: POP3> PASS *
fetchmail: POP3< +OK You have 1 messages totaling 2790 octets from
/home/hifx002/mail/learning.hifx.net/vivekc/inbox (full load)
fetchmail: POP3> STAT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 2238
fetchmail: POP3> LAST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 0
1 message for vivekc@learning.hifx.net at hifx.net (2238 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 552
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 2238 octets
reading message vivekc@learning.hifx.net@hifx.net:1 of 1 (552 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP< 220-lyra.lunarpages.com ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Mon, 12
Feb 2007 03:40:27 -0800
fetchmail: SMTP< 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to
transport unsolicited,
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 and/or bulk e-mail.
fetchmail: SMTP> EHLO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-lyra.lunarpages.com Hello localhost [59.93.43.15]
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-SIZE 52428800
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-PIPELINING
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
fetchmail: SMTP< 250-STARTTLS
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 HELP
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<vivekcherian@gmail.com> SIZE=552
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc@hifx.net>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified.  Please check
all recipients of this
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."
fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 message to verify they are valid."
fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn''t like recipient address
`vivekc@hifx.net''
fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hostname.vtc.server ESMTP Exim 4.50 Mon, 12 Feb
2007 17:10:40 +0530
fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 hostname.vtc.server Hello vivekc at localhost
[127.0.0.1]
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc>
fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <vivekc>: recipient address must contain a domain
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 hostname.vtc.server closing connection
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc@hifx.net>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified.  Please check
all recipients of this
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."
fetchmail: can''t even send to vivekc!
fetchmail: SMTP> RSET
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 Reset OK
 flushed
fetchmail: POP3> DELE 1
fetchmail: POP3< +OK message 1 will be deleted when you logout
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Bye!
fetchmail: 6.2.5 querying hifx.net (protocol POP3) at Mon 12 Feb 2007
05:10:41 PM IST: poll completed
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 lyra.lunarpages.com closing connection
fetchmail: normal termination, status 0
vivekc@hostname:~$

The mails are being fetched from the hifx.net mail servers but no local
delivery takes place to my local spool /var/mail/vivekc. The FQDN of my
machine (which is inside the company''s LAN) is hostname.vtc.server.

I also noticed that during the SMTP transaction the RCPT TO: field value has
been changed to vivekc@hifx.net instead of vivekc@learning.hifx.net

fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<vivekcherian@gmail.com> SIZE=552
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc@hifx.net>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified.  Please check
all recipients of this
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."
fetchmail: SMTP error: 550 message to verify they are valid."
fetchmail: SMTP listener doesn''t like recipient address
`vivekc@hifx.net''


I also notice that later in the output that there is no domain associated
with the recipient address.

fetchmail: SMTP< 220 hostname.vtc.server ESMTP Exim 4.50 Mon, 12 Feb
2007 17:10:40 +0530
fetchmail: SMTP> HELO localhost
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 hostname.vtc.server Hello vivekc at localhost
[127.0.0.1]
fetchmail: SMTP> MAIL FROM:<FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@hostname.vtc.server>
fetchmail: SMTP< 250 OK
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc>
fetchmail: SMTP< 501 <vivekc>: recipient address must contain a domain
fetchmail: SMTP> QUIT
fetchmail: SMTP< 221 hostname.vtc.server closing connection
fetchmail: SMTP> RCPT TO:<vivekc@hifx.net>
fetchmail: SMTP< 550-"The recipient cannot be verified.  Please check
all recipients of this
fetchmail: SMTP< 550 message to verify they are valid."


This is how my .fetchmailrc file looks like.

# By default, the system-wide fetchmail will output logging messages to
# syslog; uncomment the line below to disable this. This might be useful
# if you are logging to another file using the ''logfile''
option.
#
# set no syslog

# Avoid loss on 4xx errors. On the other hand, 5xx errors get more
# dangerous.
#
set no bouncemail

# The following defaults are used when connecting to any server, and can
# be overridden in the server description below.
#
# Set antispam to -1, since it is far safer to use that together with no
# bouncemail.
#
defaults:
  antispam -1
    batchlimit 100

    # Example server section.
    #
    #poll foo.bar.org with protocol pop3
     poll hifx.net with protocol pop3
    #  user baka there is localbaka here smtphost smtp.foo.bar.org;
       user vivekc@learning.hifx.net there is vivekc here smtphost hifx.net;

The pop3 and smtp servers for the domain learning.hifx.net is hifx.net.


I would like to know why

1) The RCPT TO: field value has been changed to vivekc@hifx.net instead of
vivekc@learning.hifx.net

2) Later in the output that there is no domain associated with the recipient
address.

Kindly also let me know if I need to provide any additional information.

--
Vivek Varghese Cherian
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