From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 20 14:54:20 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8B9E37B627 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 14:54:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rhadamanth.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-4-cust210.cdf.cable.ntl.com [80.4.10.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D7FC43E77 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 14:54:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by rhadamanth.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.10) id 183O1Y-0008fS-00; Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:16 +0100 Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:16 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Doug Lee Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetchmail protocol error caused by DNS timeout - solution? Message-ID: <20021020215416.GB33135@submonkey.net> References: <20021020215055.GA586@kirk.dlee.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021020215055.GA586@kirk.dlee.org> X-message-flag: All your linuxconf-configured redhat are belong to us. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 20, 2002 at 05:50:55PM -0400, Doug Lee wrote: > Some spam messages I get come from invalid ips (here I mean ips > which have no rDNS mapping) which, when looked up in DNS, cause > very long pauses in processing. When this happens during a run of > ``fetchmail,'' the fetchmail session dies (after DNS returns) with > a protocol error, presumably because the mail server at the other > end of the fetchmail connection gave up waiting for my system to > continue downloading messages. I don't see any settings for > ``fetchmail'' or ``named'' (I run my own nameserver) that might > help me... > > So I am seeking a solution here. Please respond directly to me to > make sure I don't miss the reply; copying the list is also fine with > me, since I run a ``procmail'' rule that obliterates dups anyway. :) I think the best you could do would be to make use of the "no dns" option, but looking at the manpage this may have other implications, so check that out first. Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message