From 8d293a3b12a5e2c4ecc6f70bcd59b862294458c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:14:58 +0000 Subject: Ready for SSL changes. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2642 --- NEWS | 1 + fetchmailconf | 10 +++++++++- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8882bff2..f62eab93 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ * Updated config.guess and config.sub. * Backed out the 5.1.0 change to quote usernames with embedded spaces. It actually breaks things. +* Added to fetchmailconf a warning about Imail IMAP servers. fetchmail-5.1.2 (Thu Oct 7 09:46:07 EDT 1999), 17906 lines: * Joe Loughry sent a patch to handle multihomed machines. diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index 053895a0..2e334c06 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ # by Eric S. Raymond, . # Requires Python with Tkinter, and the following OS-dependent services: # posix, posixpath, socket -version = "1.16" +version = "1.17" from Tkinter import * from Dialog import * @@ -1191,6 +1191,14 @@ error on very large messages. This is probably not a fetchmail bug, as it has been observed with fetchpop. The fix is to upgrade to qpopper 3.0beta or a more recent version. Better yet, switch to IMAP. +""" + if string.find(greetline, "Imail") > 0: + warnings = warnings + """ +We've seen a bug report indicating that this IMAP server (at least as of +version 5.0.7) returns an invalid body size for messages with MIME +attachments; the effect is to drop the attachments on the floor. We +recommend you upgrade to a non-broken IMAP server. + """ closebrak = string.find(greetline, ">") if closebrak > 0 and greetline[closebrak+1] == "\r": -- cgit v1.2.3