From 6af4380d1a8e71490eb64fcfd30cdf1644318db0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 20:17:57 +0000 Subject: Added G7. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1332 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 22a15af3..80bbc680 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1997/09/11 18:21:55 $ +$Date: 1997/09/11 20:17:57 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?
G5. Is there a mailing list for exchanging tips?
G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?
+G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?

Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:

@@ -225,6 +226,26 @@ given at Atlanta Linux Expo.

If you're reading a non-HTML dump of this FAQ, you can find the paper on the Web with a search for that title.

+

+

G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?

+ +Fetchmail will work with any POP, IMAP, or ESMTP/ETRN server that +conforms to the relevant RFCs (this excludes oughtright broken ones +like Microsoft Exchange, see T5). This doesn't mean +it works equally well with all, however. POP2 servers, and POP3 +servers without LAST, limit fetchmail's capabilities in various ways +described on the manual page.

+ +Most modern Unixes (and effectively all Linux/*BSD systems) come with +POP3 support preconfigured. An increasing minority also feature IMAP +(you can detect IMAP support by running fetchmail in AUTO mode).

+ +If you have the option, we recommend using or installing IMAP4; it has +the best facilities for tracking message "seen" states. You can find +sources for IMAP software at The IMAP +Connection; we like the freeware UW IMAP and Cyrus products. UW +IMAP is the reference implementation of IMAP.

+

F1. Why does my old .fetchmailrc file no longer work?

@@ -933,8 +954,7 @@ message can lurk invisibly in your server mailbox forever.

Workaround: add the `fetchall' keyword to your POP3 fetch options.

-Solution: switch to an IMAP server.

+Solution: switch to an IMAP server.

R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.

@@ -1283,15 +1303,15 @@ doing an expunge (removing deleted messages) on a line hangup, as well 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.

+href="http://www.imap.org">IMAP. IMAP has an explicit expunge +command and fetchmail uses it to delete messages quickly after they +are downloaded.

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