problems with getmail4 and procmail... From "unknown"
Hey Guys,
I'm trying to set up getmail and procmail to retrieve mail from a POP3 server. I tried following the instructions at http://www.brain-dump.org/blog/entry/30 and the getmail FAQ but I am running into some trouble. My getmailrc: Code:
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From unknown Sat Feb 8 10:29:31 2014 Code:
2014-02-08 10:29:31 msg 13/1828 (17849 bytes) msgid AMsPw0MAAPD-TlmsBgGVLXzBMEc from <unknown> delivered to MDA_external command procmail () |
Is your mail delieverd to mbox format? If yes, what does the From_ header look like?
Do you have a From: header (not the colon)? |
The From at the beginning is that which is added by getmail, apparently
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From unknown Sun Feb 9 10:06:15 2014 |
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Next thing I would do is to get out trusty ol' Wireshark and have a look at an incoming mail. Please do that if possible and tell us what you see. Quote:
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Here's the whole header (hope it isn't too much, grabbed the first I saw): Code:
From unknown Mon Feb 10 11:01:19 2014 |
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The only things mildly suprising is the single Received: line and Amazon. Could you ask Victoria whether Amazon provides MTA services for Comcast? With a DNS check maybe? Would be difficult to switch to Fetchmail? (I know, I know, but it would only be for a short time...) Other then that, let's see what Wireshark has to say about it. (BTW: Switching away from Procmail was one of the best things I ever did, this thing is like Sendmail on acid. Have a look at Maildrop.) |
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What does the procmail.cf look like? Any non-obvious conf's included, system-wide perhaps? |
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I'll give fetchmail a try. Maildrop produces the same result (the "unknown" From). Of course if I remove unixfrom = True, or the arguments line, then the first From line is missing altogether. |
Sorry for the long delay, got busy otherwise.
Well, I couldn't get Wireshark to play nice, so could not get the packets decrypted (ok, so I really didn't know what I was doing as far as SSL goes). Tried the same exact emails with fetchmail and procmail (using the same procmail conf), and everything works as expected, so I'm going to have to look into an issue with getmail4 itself. Thanks for your help. I'm going to use fetchmail for now until I can fix this, and set up with maildrop. |
Fetchmail is usually considered a step down, but if it works, it works.
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Yeah I know. I remember years ago using it, and when I went about setting it up again, every page said use getmail instead because of various issues with fetchmail. However, as you said, it works. If I do come across a solution, I'll post it here for all.
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