From 4cb267590512956e78cc054f816fc6294088ce2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 20:34:29 +0000 Subject: Better behavior on line hits. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1485 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index cd3b5f19..0168e0ce 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1997/10/06 16:14:18 $ +$Date: 1997/10/06 20:34:27 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1164,8 +1164,8 @@ more often.

Qualcomm's qpopper, used at many BSD Unix sites, is better behaved. If its connection is dropped, it will first execute all DELE commands (as -though you had issued an QUIT -- this is a technical violation of -the RFCs, but a good idea in a world of flaky phone lines). Then it +though you had issued a QUIT -- this is a technical violation of +the POP3 RFCs, but a good idea in a world of flaky phone lines). Then it will re-queue any message that was being downloaded at hangup time. Still, qpopper may require a noticeable amount of time to do deletions and clean up its queue. (Fetchmail waits a bit before retrying in @@ -1542,10 +1542,13 @@ force an rc file reread, do fetchmail -q; fetchmail.

O4. Why do deleted messages show up again when I take a line hit while downloading?

-Because you're using a POP2 or POP3 server. According to the POP3 RFCs, -deletes aren't actually performed until you issue the end-of-session -QUIT command. Fetchmail cannot fix this, it takes cooperation from the. -server. There are two possible remedies:

+Because you're using a POP3 other than Qualcomm qpopper, or an IMAP +with a long expunge interval.

+ +According to the POP3 RFCs, deletes aren't actually performed until +you issue the end-of-session QUIT command. Fetchmail cannot fix this, +it takes cooperation from the. server. There are two possible +remedies:

One is to switch to qpopper (the freeware POP3 server from Qualcomm, the Eudora people). The qpopper software violates the POP3 RFCs by @@ -1554,8 +1557,13 @@ as on processing a QUIT command.

The other (which we recommend) is to switch to IMAP. IMAP has an explicit expunge -command and fetchmail uses it to delete messages quickly after they -are downloaded.

+command and fetchmail normally uses it to delete messages immediately +after they are downloaded.

+ +If you get very unlucky, you might take a line hit in the window +between the delete and the expunge. If you've set a longer expunge +interval, the window gets wider. This problem should correct itself +the next time you complete a successful query.

O5. Why is fetched mail being logged with my name, not the real From address?

@@ -1581,7 +1589,7 @@ will look right.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1997/10/06 16:14:18 $ +$Date: 1997/10/06 20:34:27 $

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