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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 96864a77..5c58d32f 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: 1997/09/30 18:38:09 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/01 04:00:27 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</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 SCO's MMDF?</a><br> <a href="#T5">T5. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?</a><br> +<a href="#T6">T6. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a><br> +<a href="#T7">T7. How can I use fetchmail with Compuserve RPA?</a><br> <h1>Runtime fatal errors:</h1> @@ -388,7 +390,7 @@ If you have been using popclient (the ancestor of this program) at version 3.0b6 or later, start with this<p> <pre> -(cd ~; mv ~/.poprc ~/.fetchmailrc) +(cd; mv .poprc .fetchmailrc) </pre> in order to migrate. Be aware that some of popclient's unnecessary @@ -873,7 +875,7 @@ 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> +<h2><a name="T6">T6. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?</a></h2><p> M$ Exchange violates the POP3 RFCs. Its LIST command does not reveal the real sizes of mail in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of the @@ -892,7 +894,23 @@ If you want these fixed, go bug the Evil Empire. Or, better yet, install a real operating system on your server and run IMAP.<P> <hr> -<h2>R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a></h2> +<h2><a name="T7">T7. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?</a></h2> + +First, make sure your fetchmail has the RPA support compiled in. +Stock fetchmail binaries (such as you might get from an RPM) don't. +You can check this by looking at the output of <code>fetchmail -V</code>; +if you see the string "+RPA" after the version ID you're good to go, +otherwise you'll have to build your own from sources (see the INSTALL +file in the source distribution for directions).<P> + +Give your RPA pass-phrase as your password. An RPA-enabled fetchmail +will automatically check for csi.com in the POP server's greeting +line. If that's found, it will query the server to see if it is +RPA-capable, and if so do an RPA transaction rather than a plain-text +password handshake.<P> + +<hr> +<h2><a name="R1">R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a></h2> Fetchmail itself is probably working, but your SMTP port 25 listener is down or inaccessible.<p> @@ -1447,7 +1465,7 @@ 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: 1997/09/30 18:38:09 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/01 04:00:27 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |