From 6cd20b681d8952a8a14d49f2955cd04772f8875a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:11:25 +0000 Subject: Amplify stuff about Exchange braindamage. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3489 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index af42ee99..0444a6d9 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/09/09 10:40:08 $ +$Date: 2001/09/26 14:11:25 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1376,17 +1376,16 @@ RFC-compliant server. IMAP is alleged to work OK, though.

Older versions of Exchange are semi-usable. -

Fetchmail using IMAP supports the proprietary NTLM mode used with M$ Exchange servers. To enable this, configure fetchmail with the --enable-NTLM option and recompile it. Specify a user option value that looks like `user@domain': the part to the left of the @ will be passed as the username and the part to the right as the NTLM domain. -

M$ Exchange violates the POP3 RFCs. Its 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 (thanks to Arjan De -Vet and Guido Van Rooij for alerting us to this problem). +

M$ Exchange violates the POP3 and IMAP RFCs. Its 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 (thanks to Arjan +De Vet and Guido Van Rooij for alerting us to this problem).

Fetchmail works with M$ Exchange, despite this brain damage. Two features are compromised. One is that the --limit option will not @@ -1473,7 +1472,7 @@ Get your administrator to add an alias that maps your username explicitly to your mailbox name. -But, the best option involves a tactical nuclear weapon (an old +

But, the best option involves a tactical nuclear weapon (an old ASROC will do), pissing off a lot people who live downwind from Redmond, and your choice of any Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, or Solaris CD. @@ -2879,7 +2878,7 @@ date from the last Received header.

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 2001/09/09 10:40:08 $ +$Date: 2001/09/26 14:11:25 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
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