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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-09-23 12:42:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1999-09-23 12:42:38 +0000 |
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Workaround for GroupWise.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index afb0b8e8..3bd99670 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: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/23 12:42:37 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1448,14 +1448,15 @@ flag to ensure that it's recovered on the next cycle.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="S10">S10. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?</a></h2> -You can't. The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named -GroupFoolish; it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably -broken. The specific problem is that it doesn't include a required -content length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so fetchmail can't know how -much content to fetch. <p> +The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named GroupFoolish; +it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably broken. Among +other things, it doesn't include a required content length in its +BODY[TEXT] response.<p> -If GroupWise is capable of supporting POP3, and that implementation -isn't also broken, some lucky winner should tell me.<p> +Fetchmail works around this problem, but we strongly recommend voting +with your dollars for a server that isn't brain-dead. If you stick +with code as shoddy as GroupWise seems to be, you will probably pay +for it with other problems.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="K1">K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2> @@ -2492,7 +2493,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<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: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/23 12:42:37 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |