From 1051d769c1f29e910904441906efb297809c5b20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:26:13 +0000 Subject: Added POP source link. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1955 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 9a5b2dbc..bab99562 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/06/30 18:34:23 $ +$Date: 1998/06/30 19:26:13 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ on the Web with a search for that title.

G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?

Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, or ESMTP/ETRN server that -conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some oughtright broken ones +conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some outright broken ones like Microsoft Exchange). 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 @@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ href="http://www.imap.org"> The IMAP Connection; we like the open-source UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW IMAP is the reference implementation of IMAP.

+Source for a high-quality supported implementation of POP is available +from the Eudora +FTP site. Its license is rather restrictive, though, which is yet +another reason (besides POP's inferior functionality) to go with IMAP.

+

G8. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?

@@ -1959,7 +1964,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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