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| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail-features.html | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.man | 4 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | fetchmailconf | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | indexgen.sh | 4 |
4 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail-features.html b/fetchmail-features.html index aa0de73d..0d70f3cd 100644 --- a/fetchmail-features.html +++ b/fetchmail-features.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: 1998/08/03 19:21:46 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/09 22:06:42 $ </table> <HR> @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ <a href="http://www.demon.net/services/mail/sdps-tech.html">SDPS extensions</a> in <a href="http://www.demon.net/">www.demon.net</a>'s POP3 service.<P> -<LI> There is now an interactive GUI fetchmail configurator. +<LI> There is now an interactive GUI fetchmail configurator, fetchmailconf. <LI> Code is 64-bit clean and Y2K-safe. @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ get-mail, gwpop, pimp-1.0, pop-perl5-1.2, popc, popmail-1.6 and upop.<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: 1998/08/03 19:21:46 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/09 22:06:42 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index aea4ec15..97ede73d 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ language Python and the Tk toolkit be present on your system. If you are first setting up fetchmail for single-user mode, it is recommended that you use Novice mode. Expert mode provides complete control of fetchmail configuration, including the -multidrop features. +multidrop features. In either case, the `Autoprobe' button +will tell you the most capable protocol a given mailserver +supported, and warn you of potential problems with that server. .SH GENERAL OPERATION The behavior of diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index e4912c64..51f64829 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ # # TO DO: Arrange for save and quit buttons to clean up all frames dependent # on the current ones. -version = "1.4" +version = "1.5" from Tkinter import * from Dialog import * @@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ you'll have to build it from sources yourself with the configure switch --enable-POP2. """ - if string.find(greetline, "1.003") > 0 or string.find(greetline, "1.003") > 0: + if string.find(greetline, "1.003") > 0 or string.find(greetline, "1.004") > 0: warnings = warnings + """ This appears to be an old version of the UC Davis POP server. These are dangerously unreliable (among other problems, they may drop your mailbox @@ -1029,6 +1029,12 @@ option on all user entries associated with this server, so any stuck mail will be retrieved next time around. """ + if string.find(greetline, "IMAP4rev1") > 0: + warnings = warnings + """ +I see an IMAP4rev1 server. Excellent. This is (a) the best kind of +remote-mail server, and (b) the one the fetchmail author uses. Fetchmail +has therefore been extremely well tested with this class of server. +""" if warnings == '': warnings = warnings + """ Fetchmail doesn't know anything special about this server type. diff --git a/indexgen.sh b/indexgen.sh index 7139c68b..ab7e15d7 100755 --- a/indexgen.sh +++ b/indexgen.sh @@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ it is pretty hard for anyone to tell that the incoming mail link is not a full-time "push" connection.<p> Fetchmail is easy to configure. You can edit its dotfile directly, or -use the interactive GUI configurator supplied with the fetchmail -distribution.<P> +use the interactive GUI configurator (fetchmailconf) supplied with the +fetchmail distribution.<P> Fetchmail is fast and lightweight. It packs all its standard features (POP3, IMAP, and ETRN support) in less than 97K of core on a |