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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 7e37ba37..50254fef 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ host?.</a><br/> <a href="#I7">I7. How can I use fetchmail with SpryNet?</a><br/> <a href="#I8">I8. How can I use fetchmail with comcast.net or other Maillennium servers?</a><br/> +<a href="#I9">I9. How can I use fetchmail with GMail/Google Mail?</a><br/> <h2 id="C_K">How to set up well-known security and authentication methods</h2> @@ -1969,6 +1970,16 @@ sites.)</p> <p>Workaround for older versions: use the <tt>fetchall</tt> option.</p> +<h2><a id="I9" name="I9">I9. How can I use fetchmail with GMail/Google Mail?</a></h2> + +<p>Google's IMAP servers, as of April 2008, are broken and re-encode +MIME-encoded headers improperly and are not feature-complete yet. The +model how their servers organize mail also deviates in significant ways +from what the POP3 or IMAP protocol 'fathers' conceived. This means all +sorts of strange effects, for instance, your sent mail may show up in +the mail that fetchmail fetches. It's best to avoid fetching mail from +Google until they are using standards-compliant software.</p> + <hr/> <h1>How to set up well-known security and authentication methods</h1> |