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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 1a678251..8b6e6d81 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2004,12 +2004,17 @@ next cycle.</p> <h2><a id="I8" name="I8">I8. How can I use fetchmail with comcast.net?</a></h2> <p>Stock fetchmail will work with a comcast.net server...<em>but</em> -the Maillennium POP3 server comcat uses seems to have an 80K limit on +the Maillennium POP3 server comcast use seems to have an 80 kB limit on the length of downloaded messages if you use POP3 TOP to retrieve. Anything larger is silently truncated. Don't mistake this for a fetchmail bug. (Reported July 2003.)</p> -<p>Workaround: use the <tt>fetchall</tt> option.</p> +<p>Beginning with version 6.3.2, fetchmail will fall back to the RETR +command if the greeting string contains "Maillennium POP3/PROXY server", +and print a warning message. This means however that fetchmail has no +means to prevent the "seen" flag from being set on the server.</p> + +<p>Workaround for older versions: use the <tt>fetchall</tt> option.</p> <hr/> <h1>How to set up well-known security and authentication |