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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 9a5b2dbc..bab99562 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: 1998/06/30 18:34:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/06/30 19:26:13 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ on the Web with a search for that title.<p> <h2><a name="G7">G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?</a></h2> Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, or ESMTP/ETRN server that -conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some oughtright broken ones +conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some outright broken ones like Microsoft Exchange). This doesn't mean it works equally well with all, however. POP2 servers, and POP3 servers without LAST, limit fetchmail's capabilities in various ways described on the manual @@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ href="http://www.imap.org"> The IMAP Connection</a>; we like the open-source UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW IMAP is the reference implementation of IMAP.<P> +Source for a high-quality supported implementation of POP is available +from the <a href="ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/">Eudora +FTP site</a>. Its license is rather restrictive, though, which is yet +another reason (besides POP's inferior functionality) to go with IMAP.<P> + <hr> <h2><a name="G8">G8. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?</a></h2> @@ -1959,7 +1964,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<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: 1998/06/30 18:34:23 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/06/30 19:26:13 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |