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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-08-02 18:59:09 +0000
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1>
-The current version of fetchmail is 4.0.5.<P>
-
-New in the FAQ: A misfeature introduced in recent versions of smail
-breaks fetchmail, but there is a workaround. See question <a
-href="#T3">T3</a>.<P>
-
Before reporting any bug, please read <a href="#G3">G3</a> for advice
on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed
as quickly as possible. <p>
@@ -23,31 +17,14 @@ If you have a question or answer you think ought to be added to this FAQ list,
mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at
<A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A>.<p>
-<a href="mailto:funk+@osu.edu">Rob Funk</a> and <a
-href="mailto:alberty@apexxtech.com">Al Youngwerth</a> are fetchmail's
-designated backup maintainers. Other backup maintainers may be added
-in the future, in order to ensure continued support should Eric S.
-Raymond drop permanently off the net for any reason.<P>
-
-There is a fetchmail-friends list for people who want to discuss fixes
-and improvements in fetchmail and help co-develop it. It's at
-<a href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a>
-and is a SmartList reflector; sign up in the usual way with a message
-containing the word "subscribe" in the subject line sent to
-to <a href="mail:fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com">
-fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com</a>. (Similarly, "unsubscribe"
-in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list help) <p>
-
-There is a fetchmail home page at <a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr">
-http://www.ccil.org/~esr</a>.<P>
-
<h1>General questions:</h1>
<a href="#G1">G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?</a><br>
<a href="#G2">G2. Where do I find the latest FAQ and fetchmail sources?</a><br>
<a href="#G3">G3. I think I've found a bug. Will you fix it?</a><br>
<a href="#G4">G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?</a><br>
-<a href="#G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br>
+<a href="#G5">G5. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?</a><br>
+<a href="#G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br>
<h1>Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:</h1>
@@ -209,7 +186,22 @@ problem that can't be handled anywhere but fetchmail, lay it on me. I'm
very accommodating about good ideas.<p>
<hr>
-<h2><a name="G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a></h2>
+<h2><a name="G5">G5. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?</a></h2>
+
+There is a fetchmail-friends list for people who want to discuss fixes
+and improvements in fetchmail and help co-develop it.<P>
+
+The list is at <a
+href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a>
+and is a SmartList reflector; sign up in the usual way with a message
+containing the word "subscribe" in the subject line sent to to <a
+href="mail:fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com">
+fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com</a>. (Similarly, "unsubscribe"
+in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list
+help). <p>
+
+<hr>
+<h2><a name="G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a></h2>
Now it can be told! The fetchmail development was also a sociological
experiment, an extended test to see if my theory about the critical
@@ -218,7 +210,8 @@ features of the Linux development model is correct.<p>
The experiment was a success. I wrote a paper about it titled
<a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr/writings/cathedral.html">The
Cathedral and the Bazaar</a> which was first presented at Linux
-Kongress '97 in Bavaria and very well received there. <p>
+Kongress '97 in Bavaria and very well received there. It was also
+given at Atlanta Linux Expo.<p>
If you're reading a non-HTML dump of this FAQ, you can find the paper
on the Web with a search for that title.<p>
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<ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>