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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index f297811c..7eabc3a2 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ <BODY> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> -The current version of fetchmail is 4.0.5.<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>.<P> - 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> @@ -23,31 +17,14 @@ If you have a question or answer you think ought to be added to this FAQ list, mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">esr@snark.thyrsus.com</A>.<p> -<a href="mailto:funk+@osu.edu">Rob Funk</a> and <a -href="mailto:alberty@apexxtech.com">Al Youngwerth</a> are fetchmail's -designated backup maintainers. Other backup maintainers may be added -in the future, in order to ensure continued support should Eric S. -Raymond drop permanently off the net for any reason.<P> - -There is a fetchmail-friends list for people who want to discuss fixes -and improvements in fetchmail and help co-develop it. It's at -<a href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a> -and is a SmartList reflector; sign up in the usual way with a message -containing the word "subscribe" in the subject line sent to -to <a href="mail:fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com"> -fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com</a>. (Similarly, "unsubscribe" -in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list help) <p> - -There is a fetchmail home page at <a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr"> -http://www.ccil.org/~esr</a>.<P> - <h1>General questions:</h1> <a href="#G1">G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?</a><br> <a href="#G2">G2. Where do I find the latest FAQ and fetchmail sources?</a><br> <a href="#G3">G3. I think I've found a bug. Will you fix it?</a><br> <a href="#G4">G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?</a><br> -<a href="#G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> +<a href="#G5">G5. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?</a><br> +<a href="#G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> <h1>Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:</h1> @@ -209,7 +186,22 @@ problem that can't be handled anywhere but fetchmail, lay it on me. I'm very accommodating about good ideas.<p> <hr> -<h2><a name="G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a></h2> +<h2><a name="G5">G5. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?</a></h2> + +There is a fetchmail-friends list for people who want to discuss fixes +and improvements in fetchmail and help co-develop it.<P> + +The list is at <a +href="mail:fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com">fetchmail-friends@thyrsus.com</a> +and is a SmartList reflector; sign up in the usual way with a message +containing the word "subscribe" in the subject line sent to to <a +href="mail:fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com"> +fetchmail-friends-request@thyrsus.com</a>. (Similarly, "unsubscribe" +in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list +help). <p> + +<hr> +<h2><a name="G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a></h2> Now it can be told! The fetchmail development was also a sociological experiment, an extended test to see if my theory about the critical @@ -218,7 +210,8 @@ features of the Linux development model is correct.<p> The experiment was a success. I wrote a paper about it titled <a href="http://www.ccil.org/~esr/writings/cathedral.html">The Cathedral and the Bazaar</a> which was first presented at Linux -Kongress '97 in Bavaria and very well received there. <p> +Kongress '97 in Bavaria and very well received there. It was also +given at Atlanta Linux Expo.<p> If you're reading a non-HTML dump of this FAQ, you can find the paper on the Web with a search for that title.<p> @@ -1231,7 +1224,7 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.53 1997/07/31 00:32:21 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.54 1997/08/02 18:59:09 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |