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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 5ef38c41..acb5bbcb 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: 1999/09/23 12:48:32 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/23 20:54:37 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -329,17 +329,18 @@ Here's a longer answer: <P> Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, or ESMTP/ETRN server that conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some outright broken ones like -<a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a>). This doesn't mean it works -equally well with all, however. POP2 servers, and POP3 servers -without LAST, limit fetchmail's capabilities in various ways described -on the manual page.<P> +<a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a> and <a href="#S12">Novell +GroupWise</a>). This doesn't mean it works equally well with all, +however. POP2 servers, and POP3 servers without LAST, limit +fetchmail's capabilities in various ways described on the manual +page.<P> Most modern Unixes (and effectively all Linux/*BSD systems) come with POP3 support preconfigured (but beware of the horribly broken POP3 server mentioned in <a href="#D2">D2</a>). An increasing minority also feature IMAP (you can detect IMAP support by running fetchmail in -AUTO mode, or by using the `Probe for a server' function in the -fetchmailconf utility).<P> +AUTO mode, or by using the `Probe for supported protocols' function in +the fetchmailconf utility).<P> If you have the option, we recommend using or installing an IMAP4rev1 server; it has the best facilities for tracking message `seen' states. @@ -365,8 +366,7 @@ Source for a high-quality supported implementation of POP is available from the <a href="ftp://ftp.qualcomm.com/eudora/servers/unix/popper/">Eudora FTP site</a>. Don't use 2.5, which has a rather restrictive license. The 2.5.2 version appears to restore the open-source license of -previous versions. -<P> +previous versions.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="G8">G8. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?</a></h2> @@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ AUTH=KERBEROS_V4 in the CAPABILITY response.<P> If you are fetching mail from a CompuServe POP3 account, you can use their RPA authentication (which works much like APOP). See <a -href="#S3">S3</a> for details.<P> +href="#S3">S3</a> for details. If you are fetching mail from +Microsoft Exchange, you will be able to use NTLM.<P> Your POP3 server may have the RFC1938 OTP capability to use one-time passwords (if it doesn't, you can get OTP patches for the 2.2 version @@ -440,7 +441,7 @@ and your fetchmail was built with OPIE support compiled in (see the distribution INSTALL file), fetchmail will detect it also. When using OTP, you will specify a password but it will not be sent en clair.<P> -Sadly, there is at present (July 1998) no OTP or APOP-like +Sadly, there is at present (September 1999) no OTP or APOP-like facility generally available on IMAP servers. However, there do exist patches which will OTP-enable the University of Washington IMAP daemon, version 4.2-FINAL. And we have a report that the GSSAPI @@ -459,7 +460,8 @@ not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets his mail ;-)<P> -(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to EAR restrictions.)<P> +(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to U.S. export +restrictions.)<P> <hr> <h2><a name="G9">G9. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?</a></h2> @@ -567,9 +569,10 @@ connection, this will ensure that the mail gets out.<P> Fetchmail is fully Y2K-compliant.<P> -Fetchmail could theoretically have problems when the 32-bit time_t's roll -over in 2038, but I doubt it. Timestamps aren't used for anything but -log entry generation.<P> +Fetchmail could theoretically have problems when the 32-bit time_t +counters roll over in 2038, but I doubt it. Timestamps aren't used +for anything but log entry generation. Anyway, if you aren't running +on a 64-bit machine by then, you deserve to lose.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="G13">G13. Is there a way in fetchmail to support disconnected IMAP mode?</a></H2> @@ -1412,7 +1415,7 @@ headers.<P> As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead. OpenMail's -project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0<P> +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> @@ -1506,8 +1509,8 @@ Replace \t with exactly one tabulation character. You should also consider using "fetchall" option because Geocities' servers sometimes think that the first 45 messages have already been read.<P> -Fix: Get an email provider that doesn't suck. Geocities' pop-up adds -are lame, you should boycott them anyway.<P> +Fix: Get an email provider that doesn't suck. The pop-up ads on +Geocities are lame, you should boycott them anyway.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="K2">K2. How can I use fetchmail with IPv6 and IPsec?</a></h2> @@ -2493,7 +2496,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<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: 1999/09/23 12:48:32 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/23 20:54:37 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |