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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2022-07-16 15:09:52 +0200
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2022-07-16 15:09:52 +0200
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NEWS: Warn of impending .netrc behavior change.
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@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ removed from a 6.5.0 or newer release.)
fetchmail versions.
* Nonstandard protocol extensions (such as SDPS/*ENV) may be removed from future
fetchmail versions.
+* Future fetchmail releases (even minor ones) may change undocumented parts of
+ the .netrc parser in incompatible ways to enhance compatibility with typical
+ ftp(1) .netrc parsers.
# KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS
* Fetchmail does not handle messages without Message-ID header well