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-rw-r--r--fetchmail-FAQ.html11
-rwxr-xr-xfetchmailconf7
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4903ccd5..cfc271c0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
(The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.)
+* Updated Turkish translation.
+* Added warning about auth failures on the GMX server.
+
fetchmail-5.9.10 (Sun Mar 10 15:09:57 EST 2002), 21529 lines:
* Security fix: don't trust the message count passed back by the server.
diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html
index 890ca259..827382f2 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: 2002/03/09 12:21:27 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/15 19:16:33 $
</table>
<HR>
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1>
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ IP address?</a><br>
<a href="#S12">S12. How can I use fetchmail with MailMax?</a><br>
<a href="#S13">S13. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?</a><br>
<a href="#S14">S14. How can I use fetchmail with InterChange?</a><br>
+<a href="#S15">S15. How can I use fetchmail with GMX?</a><br>
<h1>How to set up well-known security and authentication methods:</h1>
@@ -1748,6 +1749,12 @@ RETR.
their new 3.61.08 release of InterChange fixes this problem. I don't
have any reports one way or the other yet.
+<a name="S15">S15. How can I use fetchmail with GMX?</a></h2>
+
+<p>Use IMAP. The GMX StreamProxy server behaves badly on
+authentication failures, sending back a non-conformant error message
+(missing an <code>-ERR</code> tag) that confuses fetchmail.
+
<hr>
<h2><a name="K1">K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2>
@@ -3006,7 +3013,7 @@ date from the last Received header.<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: 2002/03/09 12:21:27 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2002/03/15 19:16:33 $
</table>
<ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>
diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf
index 4ca6ecc5..fda0d9b7 100755
--- a/fetchmailconf
+++ b/fetchmailconf
@@ -1278,6 +1278,13 @@ This POP server has a weird bug; it says OK twice in response to TOP.
Its response to RETR is normal, so use the `fetchall' option.
"""
+ if string.find(greetline, "GMX POP3 StreamProxy") > 0:
+ warnings = warnings + """
+The GMX POP3 server behaves badly on authentication failures, sending
+back a non-conformant error message (missing an <code>-ERR</code> tag)
+that confuses fetchmail. Use IMAP.
+
+"""
if string.find(greetline, "OpenMail") > 0:
warnings = warnings + """
You appear to be using some version of HP OpenMail. Many versions of