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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index df18f6e0..aa5cd167 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: 1999/09/16 11:11:04 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/22 14:17:11 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#G10">G10. Is any special configuration needed to use firewalls?</a><br> <a href="#G11">G11. Is any special configuration needed to <em>send</em> mail?</a><br> <a href="#G12">G12. Is fetchmail Y2K-compliant?</a><br> +<a href="#G13">G13. Is there a way in fetchmail to support disconnected IMAP mode?<br> <h1>Build-time problems:</h1> @@ -571,6 +572,13 @@ over in 2038, but I doubt it. Timestamps aren't used for anything but log entry generation.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="G13">G13. Is there a way in fetchmail to support disconnected IMAP mode?</a></H2> + +No. Fetchmail is a mail transport agent, best understood as a protocol +gateway between POP3/IMAP servers and SMTP. Disconnected operation +requires an elaborate interactive client. It's a very different problem.<p> + +<hr> <h2><a name="B2">B2. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.</a></h2> If you get errors resembling these<P> @@ -2472,7 +2480,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<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: 1999/09/16 11:11:04 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/22 14:17:11 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |