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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | driver.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail-FAQ.html | 25 |
3 files changed, 29 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ The Debian bug-tracking page for fetchmail is: (The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.) -fetchmail-5.2.5 (Sat Feb 5 00:01:53 EST 2000), 18517 lines: +fetchmail-5.2.7 (Sun Feb 6 20:45:41 EST 2000), 18517 lines: +* Updated FAQ. +* Updated es.po. +* Disable mail notification on server unreachable. This turned out to + be a very bad idea. + +There are 276 people on fetchmail-friends and 493 on fetchmail-announce. + +fetchmail-5.2.6 (Sat Feb 5 00:01:53 EST 2000), 18517 lines: * Close down sockets using shutdown(2) and discarding read data until we get a TCP FIN. With any luck this will squash our socket leak. * Open the lockfile with O_SYNC, so we know the file has been written @@ -1620,6 +1620,13 @@ const int maxfetch; /* maximum number of messages to fetch */ strcpy(errbuf, strerror(err_no)); report_complete(stderr, ": %s\n", errbuf); +#ifdef __UNUSED + /* + * Don't use this. It was an attempt to address Debian bug + * #47143 (Notify user by mail when pop server nonexistent). + * Trouble is, that doesn't work; you trip over the case + * where your SLIP or PPP link is down... + */ /* warn the system administrator */ if (open_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL) == 0) { @@ -1627,8 +1634,9 @@ const int maxfetch; /* maximum number of messages to fetch */ stuff_warning(ctl, OPENFAIL, ctl->server.pollname); stuff_warning(ctl, errbuf, ctl->server.pollname); close_warning_by_mail(ctl, (struct msgblk *)NULL); - } #undef OPENFAIL + } +#endif } #endif /* INET6_ENABLE */ ok = PS_SOCKET; diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 256406c3..67c79b2b 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: 2000/01/31 22:16:21 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -467,16 +467,12 @@ of UW IMAP. Or you can use <a href="#K5">SSL</a> for complete end-to-end encryption if you have an SSL-enabled mailserver.<P> You can get both POP3 and IMAP OTP patches from <a name="cmetz">Craig -Metz</A>, over FTP via either -<a href="ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie/patches"> -ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv4) or -<a href="ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches"> -ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv6).<P> - -These patches use a SASL authentication method named "X-OTP" because there is -not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so -the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets -his mail ;-)<P> +Metz</A> at <a +href="http://www.inner.net/pub/">http://www.inner.net/pub/</a>.<P> +These patches use a SASL authentication method named "X-OTP" because +there is not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses +this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, +because this is how Craig gets his mail ;-)<P> (One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to U.S. export restrictions.)<P> @@ -1464,9 +1460,10 @@ project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0.<P> You can't, yet. But Hugo Rabson has written a script called `hotmole' that can retrieve Hotmail mail via the web using Lynx. The script -is available on <a +was available on <a href="http://www.jin-sei-kai.demon.co.uk/hugo/linux.html"> -Hugo Rabson's Linux page</a>.<P> +Hugo Rabson's Linux page</a>, but we're told that project is dead and +the web page seems to be gone.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="S9">S9. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?</a></h2> @@ -2581,7 +2578,7 @@ 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: 2000/01/31 22:16:21 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/02/07 01:50:05 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |