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Diffstat (limited to 'pop3.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | pop3.c | 23 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -611,10 +611,27 @@ static int pop3_getauth(int sock, struct query *ctl, char *greeting) #endif set_peek_capable(ctl); - /* comcast's Maillennium POP3/PROXY is full of bugs and truncates - * TOP replies after c. 80 kByte, so disable TOP. */ + /* + * The "Maillennium POP3/PROXY server" deliberately truncates + * TOP replies after c. 64 or 80 kByte (we have varying reports), so + * disable TOP. Comcast once spewed marketing babble to the extent + * of protecting Outlook -- pretty overzealous to break a protocol + * for that that Microsoft could have read, too. Comcast aren't + * alone in using this software though. + * <http://lists.ccil.org/pipermail/fetchmail-friends/2004-April/008523.html> + * (Thanks to Ed Wilts for reminding me of that.) + * + * The warning is printed once per server, until fetchmail exits. + * It will be suppressed when --fetchall or other circumstances make + * us use RETR anyhow. + * + * Matthias Andree + */ if (peek_capable && strstr(greeting, "Maillennium POP3/PROXY server")) { - report(stdout, GT_("Warning: Maillennium POP3/PROXY server found, using RETR command.\n")); + if (ctl->server.workarounds & WKA_TOP == 0) { + report(stdout, GT_("Warning: Maillennium POP3/PROXY server found, using RETR command.\n")); + ctl->server.workarounds |= WKA_TOP; + } peek_capable = 0; } |