From 7db729877dd255029ce846414ddab872ac8dc146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:42:38 +0000 Subject: Workaround for GroupWise. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2586 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index afb0b8e8..3bd99670 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $ +$Date: 1999/09/23 12:42:37 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1448,14 +1448,15 @@ flag to ensure that it's recovered on the next cycle.

S10. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?

-You can't. The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named -GroupFoolish; it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably -broken. The specific problem is that it doesn't include a required -content length in its BODY[TEXT] response, so fetchmail can't know how -much content to fetch.

+The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named GroupFoolish; +it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably broken. Among +other things, it doesn't include a required content length in its +BODY[TEXT] response.

-If GroupWise is capable of supporting POP3, and that implementation -isn't also broken, some lucky winner should tell me.

+Fetchmail works around this problem, but we strongly recommend voting +with your dollars for a server that isn't brain-dead. If you stick +with code as shoddy as GroupWise seems to be, you will probably pay +for it with other problems.

K1. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?

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Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/09/23 02:00:29 $ +$Date: 1999/09/23 12:42:37 $

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