[fetchmail]"message size exceeds fixed limit" error

[Rob MacGregor]

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On 13/09/05, Alan I <alanitech@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anyway, I took a harder look at the manual and tried
> running "fetchmail -v -limit 0". The command didn't
> download any oversized message -- but then again, I
> haven't gotten the error from my cron job in a few
> days, so maybe the server has purged its queue.
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> As an academic point, here's my .fetchmailrc . I
> suppose I would want to add "limit 0" if I saw the
> error again?
>=20
> poll mail.<server>.com
>         proto pop3
>         user "<server user>"
>         pass "<server password>"
>         is <local user>
>         nokeep
>         fetchall
>         sslproto ''

Nothing there to indicate you've defined a limit.

Next time, try "fetchmail -v -v" to identify the problem.  It could
also be that you're trying to download a message larger than the one
your local mail server supports.  Try increasing the limit there too.

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