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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-09-26 14:11:25 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-09-26 14:11:25 +0000 |
commit | 6cd20b681d8952a8a14d49f2955cd04772f8875a (patch) | |
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Amplify stuff about Exchange braindamage.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index af42ee99..0444a6d9 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: 2001/09/09 10:40:08 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/09/26 14:11:25 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1376,17 +1376,16 @@ RFC-compliant server. IMAP is alleged to work OK, though. <p>Older versions of Exchange are semi-usable. - <p>Fetchmail using IMAP supports the proprietary NTLM mode used with M$ Exchange servers. To enable this, configure fetchmail with the --enable-NTLM option and recompile it. Specify a user option value that looks like `user@domain': the part to the left of the @ will be passed as the username and the part to the right as the NTLM domain. -<p>M$ Exchange violates the POP3 RFCs. Its LIST command does not reveal -the real sizes of mail in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of the -compressed versions in the exchange mail database (thanks to Arjan De -Vet and Guido Van Rooij for alerting us to this problem). +<p>M$ Exchange violates the POP3 and IMAP RFCs. Its LIST command does +not reveal the real sizes of mail in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of +the compressed versions in the exchange mail database (thanks to Arjan +De Vet and Guido Van Rooij for alerting us to this problem). <p>Fetchmail works with M$ Exchange, despite this brain damage. Two features are compromised. One is that the --limit option will not @@ -1473,7 +1472,7 @@ Get your administrator to add an alias that maps your username explicitly to your mailbox name. </ul> -But, the best option involves a tactical nuclear weapon (an old +<p>But, the best option involves a tactical nuclear weapon (an old ASROC will do), pissing off a lot people who live downwind from Redmond, and your choice of any Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, or Solaris CD. @@ -2879,7 +2878,7 @@ date from the last Received header.<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: 2001/09/09 10:40:08 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/09/26 14:11:25 $ </table> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |