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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 0ee4539d..b590f60c 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: 1997/09/07 01:55:50 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/11 18:19:02 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at <a href="#C6">C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> -<h1>Configuration tips for non-sendmail MTAs</h1> +<h1>Configuration tips for non-sendmail MTAs and unusual servers.</h1> <a href="#T1">T1. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?</a><br> <a href="#T2">T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?</a><br> <a href="#T3">T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?</a><br> <a href="#T4">T4. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?</a><br> +<a href="#T5">T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a><br> <h1>Runtime fatal errors:</h1> @@ -800,6 +801,30 @@ The Lotus Notes SMTP gateway tries to deduce when it should convert \n to \r\n, but its rules are not intuitive. Use `forcecr'.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="T5">T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a></h2><p> + +You can't. Microft exchange is broken. Guido Van Rooij explains:<P> + +We're having problems using fetchmail to etch mail from an Exchange server +with POP3. The bug is actually in the Exchange site however it seems possible +to have fetchmail work around it.<P> + +<blockquote> +What happens is that a LIST command does not reveal the REAL sizes of mail +in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of the compressed versions in the +exchange mail database.<P> + +So when fetchmail tries to read the headers AND if the mail is too short, +it fails and a newline is inserted within the headers. +Usually this does not happen because even the compressed mailsize +exceeds the header size but if you send an empty mail to the Exchange +address you can reproduce this.<P> +</blockquote> + +Some future release of fetchmail may work around this bug, but don't +hold your breath.<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> Maybe you have a .forward or alias set up that you've forgotten about. You @@ -1266,7 +1291,7 @@ they are downloaded.<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: 1997/09/07 01:55:50 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/11 18:19:02 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |