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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-07 08:01:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-07 08:01:13 +0000 |
| commit | 19580930369179181789233ab2f311530d65edf1 (patch) | |
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First cut at ODMR support.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index edc2a455..e0f47e9a 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: 2001/02/07 04:10:02 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/07 08:01:08 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ The short answer: IMAP4rev1 running over Unix.<P> Here's a longer answer: <P> -Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, or ESMTP/ETRN server that +Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR server that conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some outright broken ones like <a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a> and <a href="#S12">Novell GroupWise</a>). This doesn't mean it works equally well with all, @@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ accept mail for your domain but then queue it to forward to your machine. ETRN just tells to server to flush its queue for your domain. Fetchmail doesn't actually get the mail in that case.<p> +You can use On-Demand Mail Relay (ODMR) with a dynamic IP address; +that's what it was designed for, and it provides capabilities very +similar to ETRN. Unfortunately ODMR servers are not yet widely +deployed, as of early 2001.<p> + If you're using a dynamic-IP configuration, one other (non-fetchmail) problem you may run into with outgoing mail is that some sites will bounce your email because the hostname your giving them isn't real @@ -2298,7 +2303,7 @@ server mailbox and then routing based on what's in the To/Cc/Bcc lines.<p> In general, this is not really a good idea. It would be smarter to just let the mail sit in the mailserver's queue and use fetchmail's -ETRN mode to trigger SMTP sends periodically (of course, this means +ETRN or ODMR modes to trigger SMTP sends periodically (of course, this means you have to poll more frequently than the mailserver's expiration period). If you can't arrange this, try setting up a UUCP feed.<P> @@ -2986,7 +2991,7 @@ switching to IMAP and using a short expunge interval.<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: 2001/02/07 04:10:02 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/07 08:01:08 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |