From d3379342f934a71578a9064120ffb4d3f210759d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 03:16:15 +0000 Subject: Added SpryNet support. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2421 --- NEWS | 1 + fetchmail-FAQ.html | 13 +++++++++++-- fetchmailconf | 8 ++++++++ pop3.c | 12 ++++++------ 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ef74cd70..08adc37e 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fetchmail-5.0.0 (): * Danish summary and description for specgen.sh. * Henrik Storner's fix for the PGP/mimedecode problem. * Fix netrc search code to be able to search >1 host entry per file. +* Added heads-up about SpryNet in the FAQ and a test in the autoprobe code. There are 267 people on fetchmail-friends and 365 on fetchmail-announce. diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index dd5d1c89..debdf346 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/03/27 16:07:00 $ +$Date: 1999/04/01 03:16:15 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ IP address?
S6. How can I use fetchmail with geocities POP3 servers?
S7. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?
S8. How can I use fetchmail with MSN?
+S9. How can I use fetchmail with SpryNet?

How to set up well-known security and authentication methods:

@@ -1327,6 +1328,14 @@ document it, so nobody but their Windows clients can speak it.

This is a customer lock-in tactic; we recommend boycotting MSN as the only appropriate response.

+

+

S9. How can I use fetchmail with SpryNet?

+ +The SpryNet POP3 servers mark a message queried with TOP as seen. +This means that if your connection drops in mid-message, it may end +up invisibly stuck on your mail spool. Use the fetchall +flag to ensure that it's recovered on the next cycle.

+

K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?

@@ -2293,7 +2302,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/03/27 16:07:00 $ +$Date: 1999/04/01 03:16:15 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index 52682593..c004433d 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -1112,6 +1112,14 @@ Turning on fetchall will disable the use of TOP. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you turn on `fetchall' on all user entries associated with this server. +""" + if string.find(greetline, "sprynet.com") > 0: + warnings = warnings + """ +You appear to be using a SpryNet server. In mid-1999 it was reported that +the SpryNet TOP command marks messages seen. Therefore, for proper error +recovery in the event of a line drop, it is strongly recommended that you +turn on `fetchall' on all user entries associated with this server. + """ # Steve VanDevender writes: diff --git a/pop3.c b/pop3.c index f0f8fadb..6a33c2f2 100644 --- a/pop3.c +++ b/pop3.c @@ -575,14 +575,15 @@ static int pop3_fetch(int sock, struct query *ctl, int number, int *lenp) #endif /* SDPS_ENABLE */ /* - * Though the POP RFCs don't document this fact, on every POP3 server - * I know of messages are marked "seen" only at the time the OK - * response to a RETR is issued. + * Though the POP RFCs don't document this fact, on almost every + * POP3 server I know of messages are marked "seen" only at the + * time the OK response to a RETR is issued. * * This means we can use TOP to fetch the message without setting its * seen flag. This is good! It means that if the protocol exchange * craps out during the message, it will still be marked `unseen' on - * the server. + * the server. (Exception: in early 1999 SpryNet's POP3 servers were + * reported to mark messages seen on a TOP fetch.) * * However...*don't* do this if we're using keep to suppress deletion! * In that case, marking the seen flag is the only way to prevent the @@ -601,8 +602,7 @@ static int pop3_fetch(int sock, struct query *ctl, int number, int *lenp) * * The line count passed (99999999) is the maximum value CompuServe will * accept; it's much lower than the natural value 2147483646 (the maximum - * twos-complement signed 32-bit integer minus 1) - */ + * twos-complement signed 32-bit integer minus 1) */ if (ctl->keep || ctl->fetchall) gen_send(sock, "RETR %d", number); else -- cgit v1.2.3