From 8fd5a218113c39471797e537541bfc6227a37885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:28:01 +0000 Subject: Works with Microsoft Exchange. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1337 --- 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 80bbc680..21eaa089 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 20:17:57 $ +$Date: 1997/09/14 19:28:00 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?
T2. How can I use fetchmail with exim?
T3. How can I use fetchmail with smail?
T4. How can I use fetchmail with Lotus Notes?
-T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

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@@ -230,11 +229,11 @@ 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.

+conforms to the relevant RFCs (and even some oughtright broken ones +like Microsoft Exchange). 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 @@ -824,7 +823,9 @@ to \r\n, but its rules are not intuitive. Use `forcecr'.

T5. How can I use fetchmail with Microsoft Exchange?

-You can't. Microft exchange is broken. Guido Van Rooij explains:

+Fetchmail works with M$ Exchange, despite the latter's braindamage. +Guido Van Rooij explains a bug found by his colleague Arjan de Vet (we +reprintthis as a public service):

We're having problems using fetchmail to etch mail from an Exchange server with POP3. The bug is actually in the Exchange site however it seems possible @@ -1311,7 +1312,7 @@ are downloaded.

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