From ba16d6471724b0c3786d4a302a9b1d9270a9d439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 02:00:29 +0000 Subject: MRC's comment. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2583 --- NEWS | 8 ++++++++ fetchmail-FAQ.html | 11 ++++++----- fetchmailconf | 7 ++++--- 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1c95ddfe..9f138cbb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ Release Notes: +fetchmail-5.1.1 (): +* Consistently show dummy arguments on manual page. +* Fix lexer to permit `antispam -1'. +* Added fetchmailconf and FAQ warnings about Novell GroupWise. + +There are 266 people on fetchmail-friends and 444 on fetchmail-announce. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fetchmail-5.1.0 (Wed Sep 22 01:27:42 EDT 1999): * CRAM-MD5 code now doublequotes usernames with embedded spaces. This will probably fail (the RFCs don't support quoting) but it's better than nothing diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e99a1f27..afb0b8e8 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/09/22 21:04:17 $ +$Date: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1449,9 +1449,10 @@ flag to ensure that it's recovered on the next cycle.

S10. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?

You can't. The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named -GroupFoolish; it is unusably broken. The specific problem is that it -doesn't include a content length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so -fetchmail can't know how much content to fetch.

+GroupFoolish; it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably +broken. The specific problem is that it doesn't include a required +content length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so fetchmail can't know how +much content to fetch.

If GroupWise is capable of supporting POP3, and that implementation isn't also broken, some lucky winner should tell me.

@@ -2491,7 +2492,7 @@ inactivity timeout.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/09/22 21:04:17 $ +$Date: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index a86afc34..d64910e9 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -1128,9 +1128,10 @@ this server. if string.find(greetline, "GroupWise") > 0: warnings = warnings + """ You appear to be using the Novell GroupWise IMAP server. This server would -be better named GroupFoolish; it is unusably broken. The specific problem -is that it doesn't include a content length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so -fetchmail can't know how much content to fetch. +be better named GroupFoolish; according to the designer of IMAP it is unusably +broken. The specific problem is that it doesn't include a required content +length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so fetchmail can't know how much content +to fetch. """ -- cgit v1.2.3