[fetchmail]antispam mail discarded to...

[Rob MacGregor]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:33:24 -0700 (PDT), Gord Lueck <gordl@canada.com> wrote:
> sendmail[12015]: i941dW5O012015: ruleset=check_mail,
> arg1=<some.guy@example.com>, relay=mydomain.com
> [127.0.0.1], reject=553 5.1.8 <some.guy@example.com>...
> Domain of sender address some.guy@example.com does not
> exist
> 
> I haven't changed the antispam setting in fetchmail
> (6.2.0), and the 'keep' option wasn't set (it's not on
> my isp's server).  My setup is pretty default
> 
> So my question is if there's any way to recover the
> mail, or is it lost forever?

In short, if you've thrown it away, it's gone unless the original
sender can forward it on to you.  You may want to consider setting up
fetchmail or sendmail (or both) to forward mis-addressed email to a
postmaster box.

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      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he 
        doesn't become a monster.                  Friedrich Nietzsche