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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 0b87efa0..c9f3a8de 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: 1997/09/18 07:09:58 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/22 22:36:47 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ fetchmail's capabilities in various ways described on the manual page.<P> Most modern Unixes (and effectively all Linux/*BSD systems) come with -POP3 support preconfigured. An increasing minority also feature IMAP -(you can detect IMAP support by running fetchmail in AUTO mode).<P> +POP3 support preconfigured (but beware of the horribly broken POP3 +server mentioned in <a href="#R7">R7</a>). An increasing minority +also feature IMAP (you can detect IMAP support by running fetchmail in +AUTO mode).<P> If you have the option, we recommend using or installing IMAP4; it has the best facilities for tracking message "seen" states. You can find @@ -977,7 +979,7 @@ same .fetchmailrc and .netrc.<p> <h2><a name="R7">R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.</a></h2> One POP3 daemon used in the Berkeley Unix world that reports itself as -Pop3 version 1.004 actually throws the queue away. 1.005 fixed that. +POP3 version 1.004 actually throws the queue away. 1.005 fixed that. If you're running this one, upgrade immediately.<P> Many POP servers, if an interruption occurs, will restore the whole @@ -995,7 +997,7 @@ more often.<P> Qualcomm's qpopper, used at many BSD Unix sites, is better behaved. If its connection is dropped, it will first execute all DELE commands (as though you had issued an QUIT -- this is a technical violation of -the RFCs, but a good idea in a world of flaky phone lines). Then it +the RFCs, but a good idea in a world of flaky phone lines. Then it will re-queue any message that was being downloaded at hangup time. Still, qpopper may require a noticeable amount of time to do deletions and clean up its queue. (Fetchmail waits a bit before retrying in @@ -1336,7 +1338,7 @@ template string in fetchmail.c. <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: 1997/09/18 07:09:58 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/22 22:36:47 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |