Suse linux Mail problem

Lon3Wol7 · 10-14-2008, 01:48 AM

Hey guys

Im running Suse 10.2 running fetchmail and sendmail and for some reason
all incoming mail and outgoing mail 5mb and bigger is getting blocked.
If anyone can help thank you ..........

**wmorri** · 10-14-2008, 11:04 AM

Welcome to TSF!!

Hi,

My first question is are both of them up-to-date with all the latest versions and patches. I noticed that on the fetchmail site there was an announcement about a couple of vulnerabilities that were found and that there was a patch out to fix them.

So I would start with that. Also, can you see the headers of the messages that are being blocked. I would take a look at them and see if there is any pattern between them like they are all from the same person, or the same server.

Cheers!

lensman3 · 10-14-2008, 05:27 PM

What does "/root/.fetchmailrc "have in it. Is there a size limit in that file? I use fetchmail but don't have any problems downloading any sized file. (Though comcast.net, my provider, has a 20 meg. limit).

There is a size limit on the fetchmail command line that limits the size of files it will download. You might take a look with "ps" to see what the command line is for fetchmail when it is kicked off. I run mine as a daemon that is started in "rc.local". My command lines in rc.local are:

# start fetchmail -- make sure HOME is last in this file
HOME=/root
/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 600 --syslog

This essentially just says start a fetch every 600 seconds and write errors to the syslog.

Hope this helps.

Lon3Wol7 · 10-16-2008, 02:48 AM

Hey guys

Thank you for all the help the size limit is set to 20mb but it looks like i need updates.I will keep you posted. Hope the updates helps

10-14-2008, 01:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lon3Wol7 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Suse linux Mail problem Hey guys Im running Suse 10.2 running fetchmail and sendmail and for some reason all incoming mail and outgoing mail 5mb and bigger is getting blocked. If anyone can help thank you ..........

10-14-2008, 11:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
wmorri Moderator/Fedora Amb. Join Date: May 2008 Location: /pm/etc Posts: 2,814 OS: Window 7/Fedora 10 My System	Re: Suse linux Mail problem Welcome to TSF!! Hi, My first question is are both of them up-to-date with all the latest versions and patches. I noticed that on the fetchmail site there was an announcement about a couple of vulnerabilities that were found and that there was a patch out to fix them. So I would start with that. Also, can you see the headers of the messages that are being blocked. I would take a look at them and see if there is any pattern between them like they are all from the same person, or the same server. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever!

10-14-2008, 05:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
lensman3 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Littleton, Colorado USA Posts: 470 OS: xp 64 sp2 Fedora Core 8 (vmware xp core 8 x32) Minix	Re: Suse linux Mail problem What does "/root/.fetchmailrc "have in it. Is there a size limit in that file? I use fetchmail but don't have any problems downloading any sized file. (Though comcast.net, my provider, has a 20 meg. limit). There is a size limit on the fetchmail command line that limits the size of files it will download. You might take a look with "ps" to see what the command line is for fetchmail when it is kicked off. I run mine as a daemon that is started in "rc.local". My command lines in rc.local are: # start fetchmail -- make sure HOME is last in this file HOME=/root /usr/bin/fetchmail -d 600 --syslog This essentially just says start a fetch every 600 seconds and write errors to the syslog. Hope this helps.

10-16-2008, 02:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
Lon3Wol7 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate	Re: Suse linux Mail problem Hey guys Thank you for all the help the size limit is set to 20mb but it looks like i need updates.I will keep you posted. Hope the updates helps