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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr">Eric's Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>Up to <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/09 12:33:09 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/09 13:19:05 $ </table> <HR> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Fetchmail Bugs and To-Do Items</H1> @@ -20,6 +20,31 @@ is now pretty mature and I have many other projects, so I don't personally chase obscure or marginal problems. Help with any of these will be cheerfully accepted. +<p>Matthias Andree writes: I believe fetchmail should not iterate over +protocols when we have a DNS failure. + +<listing> +> BTW, I found a bug in 5.9.7: +> ./fetchmail -Nvd0 jads.asdkjaldsf.com +> Enter password for emma@jads.asdkjaldsf.com: +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol auto) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:07 CET: poll started +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol IMAP) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:07 CET: poll started +> fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of jads.asdkjaldsf.com +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol IMAP) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:08 CET: poll completed +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol POP3) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:08 CET: poll started +> fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of jads.asdkjaldsf.com +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol POP3) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:08 CET: poll completed +> fetchmail: 5.9.7 querying jads.asdkjaldsf.com (protocol auto) at Mit 20 +> Feb 2002 06:35:08 CET: poll completed +> fetchmail: Query status=11 (DNS) +> fetchmail: normal termination, status 11 +</listing> + <p>IDLE is not fully implemented. Fetchmail does not time out the idle connection every 30 minutes or less as required by RFC2177. Some servers (including UW IMAPD compiled without the MICROSOFT_BRAIN_DAMAGE option, as is the default) will drop @@ -68,7 +93,7 @@ bug-tracking page for fetchmail</a> lists other bug reports. <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr">Eric's Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>Up to <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/09 12:33:09 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/09 13:19:05 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |