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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a7ea9a91..bbf1d34c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ The current version of fetchmail is 4.0.1.<P> +New in the FAQ: A misfeature introduced in recent versions of smail +breaks fetchmail, but there is a workaround. See question <a +href="#T3">T3</a>. + Before reporting any bug, please read <a href="#G3">G3</a> for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed as quickly as possible. <p> @@ -740,7 +744,7 @@ that of the remote mail server). <p> <hr> <h2><a name="T3">T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?</a></h2><p> -Smail 3.2 is very nearly plug-compatible with sendmail, and will work +Smail 3.2 is very nearly plug-compatible with sendmail, and may work fine out of the box.<P> We have one report that when processing multiple messages from a @@ -750,6 +754,14 @@ scrambles conversational threads. This is not fetchmail's problem, it is an smail "feature" and has been reported to the maintainers as a bug.<P> +Very recent smail versions require an <code>-smtp_hello_verify</code> +option in the smail config file. This overrides smail's check to see +that the HELO address is actually that of the client machine, which +is never going to be the case when fetchmail is in the picture. +According to RFC1123 an SMTP listener <em>must</em> allow this +mismatch, so smail's new behavior (introduced sometime between +3.2.0.90 and 3.2.0.95) is a bug.<P> + <hr> <h2><a name="T4">T4. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?</a></h2><p> @@ -1188,7 +1200,7 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.46 1997/07/16 18:33:11 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.47 1997/07/24 08:22:49 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |