From cd932cf18d65f188c4c7d13a9c124b27a8f37f9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 18:25:52 +0000 Subject: Added a heads-up from Eric Allman. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1537 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e7985fd0..76010ebd 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

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C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail when I may have multiple login sessions going?
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Configuration tips for non-sendmail MTAs and unusual servers.

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Configuration tips for various MTAs and servers.

-T1. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?
-T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?
-T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?
-T4. How can I use fetchmail with SCO's MMDF?
-T5. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?
-T6. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?
-T7. How can I use fetchmail with Compuserve RPA?
-T8. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?
+T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?
+T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?
+T3. How can I use fetchmail with exim?
+T4. How can I use fetchmail with smail?
+T5. How can I use fetchmail with SCO's MMDF?
+T6. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?
+T7. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?
+T8. How can I use fetchmail with Compuserve RPA?
+T9. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?

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@@ -853,7 +854,14 @@ profiles that will accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere <babydr@nwrain.net> for it.

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T1. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?

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T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

+ +No special configuration is required. Eric Allman tells me that if +FEATURE(always_add_domain) is included in sendmail's +configuration, you can leave the rewrite option off. + +
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T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?

Turn on the forcecr option; qmail's listener mode doesn't like header or message lines terminated with bare linefeeds.

@@ -922,7 +930,7 @@ alias mechanism described above, you can use the option `qvirtual from the local user name.

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T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?

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T3. How can I use fetchmail with exim?

By default, the exim listener enforces the the RFC1123 requirement that MAIL FROM and RCPT TO addresses you pass to it have to be canonical @@ -955,7 +963,7 @@ to their return address (your SMTP listener's hostname rather than that of the remote mail server).

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T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?

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T4. How can I use fetchmail with smail?

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

@@ -976,20 +984,20 @@ mismatch, so smail's new behavior (introduced sometime between 3.2.0.90 and 3.2.0.95) is a bug.

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T4. How can I use fetchmail with SCO's MMDF?

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T5. How can I use fetchmail with SCO's MMDF?

We're told this is possible, but difficult and tricky (and we don't have the recipe for it). Our informant suggests dropping MMDF and using sendmail instead.

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T5. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?

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T6. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?

The Lotus Notes SMTP gateway tries to deduce when it should convert \n to \r\n, but its rules are not intuitive. Use `forcecr'.

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T6. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

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T7. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

M$ Exchange violates the POP3 RFCs. Its LIST command does not reveal the real sizes of mail in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of the @@ -1008,7 +1016,7 @@ If you want these fixed, go bug the Evil Empire. Or, better yet, install a real operating system on your server and run IMAP.

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T7. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?

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T8. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?

First, make sure your fetchmail has the RPA support compiled in. Stock fetchmail binaries (such as you might get from an RPM) don't. @@ -1024,7 +1032,7 @@ RPA-capable, and if so do an RPA transaction rather than a plain-text password handshake.

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T8. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?

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T9. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?

No special configuration is required, but OpenMail has an annoying bug similar to the big one in Microsoft Exchange. @@ -1625,7 +1633,7 @@ will look right.

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