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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-10 21:19:46 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-10 21:19:46 +0000 |
commit | 53813c522b794b61c7080c40f95a1043912b2dcb (patch) | |
tree | 9d34b047db3fb82bdc115027ed5949d9aa9d9c5a | |
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Warn about pop3ad server.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=3038
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diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index 773a7698..a794ae69 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -1214,8 +1214,8 @@ SunOS and Solaris machines run cucipop OK. """ if string.find(greetline, "David POP3 Server") > 0: warnings = warnings + """ -This POP3 serrver is badly broken. You should get rid of it -- and the -brain-dead NT operating system it rode in on. +This POP3 server is badly broken. You should get rid of it -- and the +brain-dead Microsoft operating system it rode in on. """ # The greeting line on the server known to be buggy is: @@ -1236,6 +1236,14 @@ around this bug, turn on `fetchall' on all user entries associated with this server. """ + if string.find(greetline, "Escape character is") > 0: + warnings = warnings + """ +Your greeting line looks like it was written by a fetid pile of +camel dung identified to me as `popa3d written by Solar Designer'. +Beware! The UIDL support in this thing is known to be completely broken, +and other things probably are too. + +""" if string.find(greetline, "POP-Max") > 0: warnings = warnings + """ The Mail Max POP3 server screws up on mail with attachments. It |