[fetchmail]Does SPF break fetchmail?

[Matthias Andree]

Neil Harkins <nharkins@well.com> writes:

> Hi. I used fetchmail for a few projects over the past 10 years,
> and was curious how it deals with SPF (Sender Policy Framework,
> http://spf.pobox.com). 
>
> If fetchmail retrieves a remote message, then resubmits it locally 
> on port 25 with the original sender on the envelope, those messages
> would be blocked if the local server is enforcing SPF, because the
> local machine's ip isn't listed as a valid sender for the domain
> which originally sent the mail. :(
>
> I see in the fetchmail 5.0 feature list that:
>
>  * Fetchmail can be told to fall back to delivering 
>    via local sendmail if it can't open port 25.
>
> Is there any way to make that the primary behavior
> instead of just a "fall-back"?

ma
>
> Then again, if the MTA handled piped mail similarly to mail 
> received over port 25, by inserting the machine's default ip 
> address, it still wouldn't work. Not sure if the MTAs do
> that or not... 
>
> Anyway, any thoughts on the matter would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> -neil
>
>
>
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Matthias Andree