From 05f916d86702f642d0a93b5db6c4e848aa9017ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:12:12 +0000 Subject: Queue restoration advice. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1110 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 8aecc187..cd9d94c9 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list help)

G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?
G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?
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Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:

F1. Why does my .fetchmailrc from 3.9 or earlier no longer work?
@@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?
R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.
R5. Mail that was being fetched when I interrupted my fetchmail seems to have been vanished.
R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.
+R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.

Multidrop-mode problems:

@@ -820,6 +820,25 @@ trace says the segfault is in free() and has all the earmarks of a heap- corruption screw. But the symptom doesn't reproduce under Linux with the same .fetchmailrc and .netrc.

+

+

R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.

+ +One POP3 daemon used in the Berkeley Unix world that reports itself as +Pop3 version 1.004 actually throws the queue away. 1.005 fixed that. +If you're running this one, upgrade immediately.

+ +Many POP servers, if an interruption occurs, will restore the whole +mail queue after about 10 minutes. Others will restore it right +away. If you have an interruption and don't see it right away, cross +your fingers and wait ten minutes brfore retrying.

+ +Some servers (such as Microsoft's NTMail) are mis-designed to restore +the entire queue, including messages you have deleted. If you have +one of these and it flakes out on you a lot, try setting a small +--fetchlimit value. This will result in more IP connects +to the server but will mean it actually executes changes to the queue +more often.

+

M1. I've declared local names, but all my multidrop mail is going to root anyway.

@@ -1040,7 +1059,7 @@ biff n to solve theproblem system-wide. -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.36 1997/06/18 23:26:13 esr Exp $

+$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.37 1997/06/24 16:12:12 esr Exp $

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