tlug: wretched fetch / Linux + Mac mess

[Tony Laszlo <laszlo@example.com>]

> > reading message 2 of 2 (1531 octets) fetchmail: SMTP error: 553 <$"$f$_ SIZE=1531... Unbalanced '"'
> > . flushed
> 
> This code snippet is from fetchmail-4.7.9, around sink.c:452
> 
>     case 553: /* invalid sending domain */
> 	/*
> 	 * These latter days 553 usually means a spammer is trying to
> 	 * cover his tracks.
> 	 */
> 	send_bouncemail(ctl, msg, XMIT_ACCEPT,
> 			"Invalid address.\r\n", 
> 			1, responses);
> 	return(PS_REFUSED);
> 
> I'd say, from the looks of it, someone is sending you a badly
> formatted message.  Perhaps you can specify to keep your messages in
> your ISP's mail folder (see fetchmail(1)) and the next time you get
> this message, look for the offending mail.

"fetchmail -k" would do be the option needed, it seems. 
I'm not sure how this would solve the problem, however. 
Wouldn't the same thing happen when fetchmail downloaded 
this mail a second time? 

I have seen a fair number of screwy addresses over the 
years. Most of the time it's from people who didn't know 
how to set up their mailreaders properly, but got 
close enough for their mail to actually go out onto 
the Internet. Not a small number of these people are 
company CEOs and university professors. Though they should 
be setting up their systems properly, I would like to 
make my system flexible enough to receive their improperly 
formatted messages. This way, I can at least read what 
they are trying to say. The ISP can bounce that stuff 
back to them, perhaps. But if it gets through the ISP to me, 
I had better find a way of reading it, if I can. 

No one else has had to deal with this situation? 

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I found an ethernet pcmcia card for my PC (Linux), 
an ethernet hub, cable and a "tranceiver" for the Mac, 
all for a bit less than 10,000. Much to my surprise, 
I was able to get the two computers pinging each 
other pretty quickly. The Linux is running netatalk 
and the Mac can read/write into a directory on the 
Linux side. 

I am now trying to get IP masquerading and/or 
dhcp going so that the Mac user can browse 
the Internet via the Linux which is connecting 
via ppp. 

I think I am getting close, but still no cigar. 
the Mac's Netscape says it can't find the DNS server 
when it tries to read a page that is on the Internet. 
(I think it's showing a lack of motivation). 

 



 
 

 
 


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