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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index f7d491d4..86c8c32d 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: 1997/09/25 19:13:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/25 19:45:11 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1289,6 +1289,12 @@ they pass your mail:<P> specified by <code>mda</CODE>. </ol> +Often it happens that fetchmail itself is OK, but using it exposes +pre-existing bugs in your downstream software, or your downstream +software has a bad interaction with POP/IMAP. You need to pin down +exactly where the message is being garbled in order to deduce what is +actually going on.<P> + The first thing to do is send yourself a test message, and retrieve it with a .fetchmailrc entry containing the following (or by running with the equivalent command-line options):<P> @@ -1437,7 +1443,7 @@ will look right.<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: 1997/09/25 19:13:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/25 19:45:11 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |