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-rwxr-xr-xfetchmailconf10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8882bff2..f62eab93 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
* Updated config.guess and config.sub.
* Backed out the 5.1.0 change to quote usernames with embedded spaces.
It actually breaks things.
+* Added to fetchmailconf a warning about Imail IMAP servers.
fetchmail-5.1.2 (Thu Oct 7 09:46:07 EDT 1999), 17906 lines:
* Joe Loughry <loughry@uswest.net> sent a patch to handle multihomed machines.
diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf
index 053895a0..2e334c06 100755
--- a/fetchmailconf
+++ b/fetchmailconf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# by Eric S. Raymond, <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>.
# Requires Python with Tkinter, and the following OS-dependent services:
# posix, posixpath, socket
-version = "1.16"
+version = "1.17"
from Tkinter import *
from Dialog import *
@@ -1192,6 +1192,14 @@ it has been observed with fetchpop. The fix is to upgrade to qpopper
3.0beta or a more recent version. Better yet, switch to IMAP.
"""
+ if string.find(greetline, "Imail") > 0:
+ warnings = warnings + """
+We've seen a bug report indicating that this IMAP server (at least as of
+version 5.0.7) returns an invalid body size for messages with MIME
+attachments; the effect is to drop the attachments on the floor. We
+recommend you upgrade to a non-broken IMAP server.
+
+"""
closebrak = string.find(greetline, ">")
if closebrak > 0 and greetline[closebrak+1] == "\r":
warnings = warnings + """