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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index b83417ef..7f4b0f00 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: 2000/02/18 03:49:20 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/24 05:57:57 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1340,9 +1340,41 @@ in KB Q168109) The Microsoft pod-person who revealed this information to me admitted that he couldn't find it anywhere in their public knowledge base.<P> -You can mess with these bits. Or, better yet, you can lose that -brain-dead Microsoft crap and install a real operating system on your -mailserver.<P> +Another specific problem we have seen with Exchange servers has as its +symptom a response to LOGIN that says "NO Ambiguous Alias". Grant +Edwards writes: + +This means that Exchange Server is too f*&#ing stupid to figure +out which mailbox belongs to you. Instead of actually keeping +track of which inbox belongs to which user, it uses some +half-witted, guess-o-matic heuristic to try to guess your +mailbox name from your username.<p> + +In your case it doesn't work because your username maps to more +than one mailbox. For some people it doesn't work because +their username maps to zero mailboxes. This is yet another +inept, lame, almost criminally negligent design decision from +our friends in Redmond.<p> + +You've got several options: + +<ul> +<li> +Try giving fetchmail a username of "/NTDomain/NTUsername/MailboxName". +<li> +Get your administrator to configure the server so that +usernames and mailbox names are the same. +<li> +Get your administrator to add an alias that maps your +username explicitly to your mailbox name. +</ul> + +But, the best option involves a tactical nuclear weapon (an old +ASROC will do), pissing off a lot people who live downwind from +Redmond, and your choice of any Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, or +Solaris CD.<p> + +I'll provide the CD. <hr> <h2><a name="S3">S3. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?</a></h2> @@ -1665,7 +1697,7 @@ man page for several authentication methods.)<p> <pre> poll mailhost port 1234 via localhost with proto pop3: - preconnect "ssh -f -L 1234:mailhost:110 mailhost sleep 20 + preconnect "ssh -f -L 1234:mailhost:110 mailhost </dev/null >/dev/null; sleep 5"; </pre> @@ -2622,7 +2654,7 @@ terminate it.<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: 2000/02/18 03:49:20 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/24 05:57:57 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |