[fetchmail]Rejecting large messages when using "sendmail" for delivery

[Rob MacGregor]

On 28/06/05, Ed W <lists@wildgooses.com> wrote:
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>  No, not return codes, but MTA error codes. You need to be passing the
> email via SMTP.
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>  ?? Ehh? My first post made it clear that I wasn't passing email via SMTP
> because I couldn't get the behaviour I was after (easily).  You then said=
 I
> could check the spam return codes?  I think my confusion is obvious at th=
is
> point?

No I said you should check the anti-spam codes.  It's pretty trivial
to do what you said - it's what I do.
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>  How do I delete it (safely) bearing in mind some users may be marking
> "option keep" for some servers?  I sense that this isn't the correct
> solution for me?

Details in the man page, though whether or not I'd describe it as safe...

>  We seem to be talking cross purposes though - at this stage I'm trying t=
o
> configure a complicated tool and have the usual pressures of time.  I was
> *hoping* just to get a few simple answers as to current capabilities befo=
re
> I started cracking open code.  Perhaps I phrased my original question bad=
ly
> but I don't feel that I obtained this simple answer very easily.

The trouble is, you're trying to get it to do something it's not
designed for, and you're using it in a sub-optimal way (calling
sendmail as a binary).

Also, as always, there's no such thing as a simple answer to a complex ques=
tion.

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