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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2003-08-06 04:31:11 +0000
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<h2><a id="I8" name="I8">I8. How can I use fetchmail with comcast.net?</a></h2>
<p>Stock fetchmail will work with a comcast.net server...<em>but</em>
-they seem to have an 80K limit on the length of downloaded messages.
+the Maillennium POP3 server comcat uses seems to have an 80K limit on
+the length of downloaded messages if you use POP3 TOP to retrieve.
Anything larger is silently truncated. Don't mistake this for a
-fetchmail bug.</p>
+fetchmail bug. (Reported July 2003.)</p>
+
+<p>Workaround: use the <tt>fetchall</tt> option.</p>
<hr/>
<h2><a id="K1" name="K1">K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2>
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