diff options
| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-11-05 04:56:51 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-11-05 04:56:51 +0000 |
| commit | 8a66ad82d9f0a409bdac8ad7f8006294238ae052 (patch) | |
| tree | 3e8150d0bd27c6e91deca89f573847778d932b22 | |
| parent | 30b707bc3633d8442a05a892446dca65d35d76d7 (diff) | |
| download | fetchmail-8a66ad82d9f0a409bdac8ad7f8006294238ae052.tar.gz fetchmail-8a66ad82d9f0a409bdac8ad7f8006294238ae052.tar.bz2 fetchmail-8a66ad82d9f0a409bdac8ad7f8006294238ae052.zip | |
Added warning about PMDF.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=1531
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail-FAQ.html | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index c214eebb..f85ef30b 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/27 13:41:00 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/11/05 04:56:51 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#T6">T6. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a><br> <a href="#T7">T7. How can I use fetchmail with Compuserve RPA?</a><br> <a href="#T8">T8. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?</a><br> +<a href="#T9">T9. How can I use fetchmail with PMDF under VMS?</a><br> <h1>Runtime fatal errors:</h1> @@ -1035,6 +1036,20 @@ As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP server that isn't brain-dead.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="#T9">T9. How can I use fetchmail with PMDF under VMS?</a></h2> + +You may not be able to. PMDF5.1-9.1 under OpenVMS 6.1 barfs on perfectly +innocuous FETCH sequences like + +<pre> + fetchmail: IMAP> a0050 FETCH 1:11 RFC822.SIZE + fetchmail: IMAP< a0050 BAD Bogus sequence in FETCH +</pre> + +We haven't figured out why yet, but strongly suspect that PMDF is just +plain broken. Maybe you should move your mail service to a Unix box?<p> + +<hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a></h2> Fetchmail itself is probably working, but your SMTP port 25 listener @@ -1617,7 +1632,7 @@ will look right.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/27 13:41:00 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/11/05 04:56:51 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |