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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 92804e0e..6e4a3d55 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: 1998/02/18 22:05:12 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/02/19 07:30:18 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ error, hostname not recognized as local</code>". The problem is that fetchmail normally feeds sendmail with the client machine's host address in the MAIL FROM line. These sendmails think this means they're seeing the result of a mail loop and suppress the mail. You -may be able to work around this by running in <code>--invisible</code> mode. +may be able to work around this by running in <code>--invisible</code> mode.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="T2">T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?</a></h2> @@ -1103,12 +1103,12 @@ As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP server that isn't brain-dead.<P> <hr> -<h2><a name="#T10>T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2> +<h2><a name="#T10">T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2> Daniel Sobral <<a href="mailto:dcs@gns.com.br">dcs@gns.com.br</a> gave us the following recipe:<P> -<NL> +<OL> <LI> Install socks5. You don't need to have a socks server, you just want the "runsocks" program. <LI> Set the environment variable SOCKS_SERVER to the server you'll be @@ -1116,26 +1116,53 @@ gave us the following recipe:<P> SOCKS5_SERVER. Eg: <pre> export SOCKS5_SERVER=socks.my.domain.com -</pre>. +</pre> <LI> Set SOCKS5_USER and SOCKS5_PASSWD if needed. <LI> Run fetchmail through runsocks. Just like this: <pre> runsocks fetchmail [parameters to fetchmail] </pre> -</NL> +</OL> It wasn't that hard, was it? :-)<P> <hr> -<h2><a name="T11>T11. How can I use fetchmail with IPv6 and IPsec?</a></h2> - -Craig Metz tells us: The only currently released IPsec implementation -fetchmai's works with is the NRL IPv6+IPsec implementation (for BSD/OS and -NetBSD), which is available from "http://web.mit.edu/network/isakmp".<P> - -You will also need the latest inet6-apps kit built with NETSEC_EMULATE -enabled. There will, of course, be a Linux implementation appearing -someday that will support the standards-track IPv6 API.<P> +<h2><a name="T11">T11. How can I use fetchmail with IPv6 and IPsec?</a></h2> + +To use fetchmail with IPv6, you need a system that supports IPv6, the "Basic +Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6" (RFC 2133), and the inet6-apps kit. +This currently means that you need to have a BSD/OS or NetBSD system with +the NRL IPv6+IPsec software distribution or a Linux system with the latest +experimental kernel and net-tools. It should not be hard to build fetchmail on +other IPv6 implementations if you can port the inet6-apps kit.<P> + +To use fetchmail with network security (read: IPsec), you need a system that +supports IPsec, the API described in the "Network Security API for Sockets" +(draft-metz-net-security-api-01.txt), and the inet6-apps kit. This currently +means that you need to have a BSD/OS or NetBSD system with the NRL IPv6+IPsec +software distribution. A Linux IPsec implementation supporting this API will +probably appear in the coming months.<P> + +The NRL IPv6+IPsec software distribution can be obtained from: <a +href="http://web.mit.edu/network/isakmp">http://web.mit.edu/network/isakmp</a> +<P> + +The inet6-apps kit can be obtained from <a +href="ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/ipv6">ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/ipv6</a> +(via IPv6) or <a href="ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/ipv6"> +ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/ipv6</a> (via IPv4).<P> + +More information on using IPv6 with Linux can be obtained from: +<UL> +<LI> +<a href="http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO.html"> +http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/IPv6-HOWTO/IPv6-HOWTO.html</a> +<LI> +<a href="http://www.ipv6.inner.net/ipv6">http://www.ipv6.inner.net/ipv6</a> +(via IPv6) +<LI> +<a href="http://www.inner.net/ipv6">http://www.inner.net/ipv6</a> (via IPv4) +</UL> <hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail's initial gethostbyname call fails on my host.</a></h2> @@ -1789,7 +1816,7 @@ 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: 1998/02/18 22:05:12 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/02/19 07:30:18 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |