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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 4143c4ef..3afc8818 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: 2000/04/12 15:06:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/05/13 21:59:36 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -1506,12 +1506,9 @@ project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="S8">S8. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?</a></h2> -You can't, yet. But Hugo Rabson has written a script called `hotmole' -that can retrieve Hotmail mail via the web using Lynx. The script -was available on <a -href="http://www.jin-sei-kai.demon.co.uk/hugo/linux.html"> -Hugo Rabson's Linux page</a>, but we're told that project is dead and -the web page seems to be gone.<P> +You can't, yet. But <a +href="http://www.ozemail.com.au/~peterhawkins/gotmail/">gotmail</a> +might be what you need.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="S9">S9. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?</a></h2> @@ -1548,7 +1545,13 @@ bug.<p> You can't. At least not if you want to be able to see attachments. MailMax has a bug; it reports the message length with attachments -but doesn't download them on TOP or RETR. <p> +but doesn't download them on TOP or RETR.<P> + +Also, we're told that TOP sometimes fails to retrieve the entire +message even when enough lines have been specified. The MailMax +developers have acknowledged this bug as of 4 May 2000, but there is +no fix yet. If you must use this server, force RETR with the +<tt>fetchall</tt> option.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="S13">S13. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?</a></h2> @@ -1850,6 +1853,18 @@ Fetchmail binaries built this way support <code>ssl</code>, SSL encryption. You will need to have an SSL-enabled mailserver to use these options. See the manual page for detals.<p> +If your open OpenSSL session dies with a message that complains "PRNG +not seeded", update or improve your operating system. This means that +the OpenSSL library on your machine has been unable to locate a source +of random bits from which to seed its random-number generator; +normally these come from the <tt>/dev/urandom</tt>, and this message +probably means your OS doesn't have that device.<P>. + +An interactive program could seed the random number generator from +keystroke timings or some other form of user input. Because fetchmail +is primarily designed to run forever as a background daemon, that option +option is not available in this case.<P> + <hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a></h2> @@ -2783,7 +2798,7 @@ terminate it.<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: 2000/04/12 15:06:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/05/13 21:59:36 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |