From c31246b522bacd40972c68fdfae270239382c549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:22:49 +0000 Subject: Added a note about smail. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1177 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a7ea9a91..bbf1d34c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ The current version of fetchmail is 4.0.1.

+New in the FAQ: A misfeature introduced in recent versions of smail +breaks fetchmail, but there is a workaround. See question T3. + Before reporting any bug, please read G3 for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed as quickly as possible.

@@ -740,7 +744,7 @@ that of the remote mail server).

T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?

-Smail 3.2 is very nearly plug-compatible with sendmail, and will work +Smail 3.2 is very nearly plug-compatible with sendmail, and may work fine out of the box.

We have one report that when processing multiple messages from a @@ -750,6 +754,14 @@ scrambles conversational threads. This is not fetchmail's problem, it is an smail "feature" and has been reported to the maintainers as a bug.

+Very recent smail versions require an -smtp_hello_verify +option in the smail config file. This overrides smail's check to see +that the HELO address is actually that of the client machine, which +is never going to be the case when fetchmail is in the picture. +According to RFC1123 an SMTP listener must allow this +mismatch, so smail's new behavior (introduced sometime between +3.2.0.90 and 3.2.0.95) is a bug.

+

T4. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?

@@ -1188,7 +1200,7 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.

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