From 2aa4b201175399320d68cecce057dec0d07733e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 17:05:56 +0000 Subject: Correction. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3405 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 3951dcc5..a002fe22 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The Fetchmail FAQ - + @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/06/24 19:23:57 $ +$Date: 2001/07/07 17:05:56 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ as quickly as possible.

If you have a question or answer you think ought to be added to this FAQ list, mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at -esr@snark.thyrsus.com. +esr@thyrsus.com.

General questions:

@@ -1612,6 +1612,27 @@ headers. POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead. OpenMail's project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0. +
+

S7. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?

+ +Nathan Cutler reports that the the mail.geocities.com POP3 servers +fail to include the first Received line of the message in the send to +fetchmail. This can solve problems if your MUA interprets Received +continuations as body lines and doesn't parse any of the following +headers. + +

Workaround is to use "mda" keyword or "-mda" switch: +

+mda "sed -e '1s/^\t/Received: /' | formail | /usr/bin/procmail -d <user>"
+
+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. + +

Fix: Get an email provider that doesn't suck. The pop-up ads on +Geocities are lame, you should boycott them anyway. +

S8. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?

@@ -1699,27 +1720,6 @@ containing the Rconnect library.

Alan Schmitt has added a similar --with-socks5 option that may work better if you have a recent version of the SOCKS library. -

-

S7. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?

- -Nathan Cutler reports that the the mail.geocities.com POP3 servers -fail to include the first Received line of the message in the send to -fetchmail. This can solve problems if your MUA interprets Received -continuations as body lines and doesn't parse any of the following -headers. - -

Workaround is to use "mda" keyword or "-mda" switch: -

-mda "sed -e '1s/^\t/Received: /' | formail | /usr/bin/procmail -d <user>"
-
-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. - -

Fix: Get an email provider that doesn't suck. The pop-up ads on -Geocities are lame, you should boycott them anyway. -

K2. How can I use fetchmail with IPv6 and IPsec?

@@ -2864,10 +2864,10 @@ date from the last Received header.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/06/24 19:23:57 $ +$Date: 2001/07/07 17:05:56 $
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>