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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2009-08-18 11:35:54 +0000
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Add X10 on truncated message bodies.
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<a href="#X9">X9. Missing "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header
with Domino IMAP</a><br/>
+<a href="#X10">X10. Fetchmail delivers partial messages</a><br/>
+
+
<h2 id="C_O">Other problems</h2>
<a href="#O1">O1. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile
@@ -3217,6 +3220,24 @@ MIME". Solution: switch Domino to "Keep in Sender's format".</p>
Kim's list post</a>
</p>
+<h2><a id="X10" name="X10">X10. Fetchmail delivers partial
+ messages</a></h2>
+
+<p>Fetchmail is sometimes reported to deliver partial messages. This
+is usually related to network outages that occur while fetchmail is
+downloading a message body. In such cases, fetchmail has downloaded a
+complete header, so your header will be intact. The message body will be
+truncated, and fetchmail will later attempt to redownload the
+message (providing the server is standards conformant).</p>
+
+<p>The reason for the truncation is that fetchmail streams the body
+directly from the POP3/IMAP server into the SMTP/LMTP server or MDA, so
+fetchmail has already written a part of the message before it notices it
+will be incomplete, and fetchmail cannot abort a transaction it has
+started, and it's unclear if it ever will be able to, because this is
+not standardized and the outcome will depend on the receiving software
+(be it SMTP/LMTP or MDA).</p>
+
<hr/>
<h1>Other problems</h1>
<h2><a id="O1" name="O1">O1. The --logfile option doesn't work if