From 06b618b03a13ca027e6ff5449adcabf194e6394c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 14:36:33 +0000 Subject: Permanent changes to NEWS etc. svn path=/trunk/; revision=303 --- README | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index ea26b76b..18a727ab 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ been ported to QNX; to build under QNX, see the header comments in the Makefile. The fetchmail program was originally authored (under the name -popclient) by Carl Harris . I, Eric S. Raymond, - took over development in June 1996. I subsequently +popclient) by Carl Harris . Eric S. Raymond, + took over development in June 1996 and subsequently renamed the program `fetchmail' to reflect the addition of IMAP support. See the distribution files NEWS for detailed information on recent changes and NOTES for design notes. @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ popmail-1.6 and upop. I learned from all of them, and fetchmail is a carefully-thought-out attempt to render obsolete every other program in its class. +The fetchmail code appears to be stable and free of bugs affecting +normal operation (that is, retrieving from POP3 or IMAP and forwarding +via SMTP to sendmail). It will probably undergo substantial change +only if and when support for a new retrieval protocol or authentication +is added. + Here are fetchmail's main features. Those unique to fetchmail are marked with **. @@ -70,10 +76,6 @@ with **. user base from Carl Harris's popclient community. This means feedback is rapid, bugs get found and fixed rapidly. -At this point, the fetchmail code appears to be stable and bug-free. -It will probably undergo substantial change only if and when support -for a new retrieval protocol or IMAP extensions are added. - You can easily find the latest version of fetchmail from Eric's home page: http://www.ccil.org/~esr -- cgit v1.2.3