From d8064066aa8057d8aaa7ee8ae0513ab5ed532969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:19:02 +0000 Subject: Added warning about Microsoft Exchange. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1329 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 0ee4539d..b590f60c 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -49,12 +49,13 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at 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

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Configuration tips for non-sendmail MTAs and unusual 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 Lotus Notes?
+T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

Runtime fatal errors:

@@ -799,6 +800,30 @@ mismatch, so smail's new behavior (introduced sometime between 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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T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

+ +You can't. Microft exchange is broken. Guido Van Rooij explains:

+ +We're having problems using fetchmail to etch mail from an Exchange server +with POP3. The bug is actually in the Exchange site however it seems possible +to have fetchmail work around it.

+ +

+What happens is that a LIST command does not reveal the REAL sizes of mail +in the pop mailbox, but the sizes of the compressed versions in the +exchange mail database.

+ +So when fetchmail tries to read the headers AND if the mail is too short, +it fails and a newline is inserted within the headers. +Usually this does not happen because even the compressed mailsize +exceeds the header size but if you send an empty mail to the Exchange +address you can reproduce this.

+

+ +Some future release of fetchmail may work around this bug, but don't +hold your breath.

+

R1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.

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