From 5556539588d0dabaa1b004147fe4f519e86c6b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 09:28:52 +0000 Subject: XML conversion svn path=/trunk/; revision=3671 --- fetchmail-features.html | 395 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 212 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-features.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-features.html b/fetchmail-features.html index 2a83dbaf..fae01ede 100644 --- a/fetchmail-features.html +++ b/fetchmail-features.html @@ -1,259 +1,288 @@ - - - -Fetchmail Feature List - - - - - - -

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Fetchmail Feature List

Since 5.0:

ESMTP AUTH (RFC 2554) is supported. +
Since 5.0:
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Has the capability of adding trace information to the Received header to -faciliate mail filtering by mailserver and remote account. +
- ESMTP AUTH (RFC 2554) is supported.
- Fetchmail now has options to handle SSL certificate validation. +
- Has the capability of adding trace information to the Received +header to faciliate mail filtering by mailserver and remote +account.
- Fetchmail can be told to fall back to delivering via local -sendmail if it can't open port 25. +
- Fetchmail now has options to handle SSL certificate +validation.
- Support for AUTH=CRAM-MD5 under POP3, a la RFC2195. +
- Fetchmail can be told to fall back to delivering via local +sendmail if it can't open port 25.
- Support for ODMR (On-Demand Mail Relay), RFC 2645. +
- Support for AUTH=CRAM-MD5 under POP3, a la RFC2195.
- It's now easy to deliver mail to a local LMTP socket. +
- Support for ODMR (On-Demand Mail Relay), RFC 2645.
- The interface option now checks both local and remote interface IPs. +
- It's now easy to deliver mail to a local LMTP socket.
- -The plugin facility has been enhanced; %h and %p options are now -available to pass in the hostname and service port number. +
- The interface option now checks both local and remote interface +IPs.
- -Added a dropdelivered option to discard Delivered-To headers. This -addresses a problem with using fetchmail and postfix as a relay inside -a domain; when postfix sees incoming messages with delivered-to -headers looking exactly the same as the ones it adds himself, it -bounces the message. +
- The plugin facility has been enhanced; %h and %p options are +now available to pass in the hostname and service port number.
- -Added --smtpname to set username and domain portion of SMTP "RCPT TO" -command. >fetchmail@mail.julianhaight.com>. +
- Added a dropdelivered option to discard Delivered-To headers. +This addresses a problem with using fetchmail and postfix as a +relay inside a domain; when postfix sees incoming messages with +delivered-to headers looking exactly the same as the ones it adds +himself, it bounces the message.
- -Added "from" server's IP address to inserted Received line ->fetchmail@mail.julianhaight.com<. +
- Added --smtpname to set username and domain portion of SMTP +"RCPT TO" command. >fetchmail@mail.julianhaight.com>.
- -Fetchmail now runs on BeOS, thanks to David Reid <david@jetnet.co.uk>. +
- Added "from" server's IP address to inserted Received line +>fetchmail@mail.julianhaight.com<.
- -In IMAP, unseen-message counting and indexing is now done by SEARCH -UNSEEN at the beginning of each poll or re-poll (rather than with -the UNSEEN and RECENT responses and FLAGS queries on individual -messages). This significantly cuts down on traffic to and from the -server, and gives more reliable results. +
- Fetchmail now runs on BeOS, thanks to David Reid +<david@jetnet.co.uk>.
- -The aka option now matches hostname suffixes, so (for example) saying -`aka netaxs.com' will match not just netaxs.com but also (say) -pop3.netaxs.com and mail.netaxs.com. +
- In IMAP, unseen-message counting and indexing is now done by +SEARCH UNSEEN at the beginning of each poll or re-poll (rather than +with the UNSEEN and RECENT responses and FLAGS queries on +individual messages). This significantly cuts down on traffic to +and from the server, and gives more reliable results.
- -Fetchmail can optionally use the RFC 2177 IDLE extension on an IMAP -server that supports it. +
- The aka option now matches hostname suffixes, so (for example) +saying `aka netaxs.com' will match not just netaxs.com but also +(say) pop3.netaxs.com and mail.netaxs.com.
- -Fetchmail now recognizes the RFC 2449 extended responses [IN-USE] and -[LOGIN-DELAY]. +
- Fetchmail can optionally use the RFC 2177 IDLE extension on an +IMAP server that supports it.
- -Fetchmail running in daemon mode now restarts itself quietly when the -rc file is touched. +
- Fetchmail now recognizes the RFC 2449 extended responses +[IN-USE] and [LOGIN-DELAY].
- Following recent court decisions and changes in U.S. federal -regulatory policy, hooks for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) are now part -of the main fetchmail distribution. The distribution still contains -no actual cryptographic code. +
- Fetchmail running in daemon mode now restarts itself quietly +when the rc file is touched.
- NTLM support under IMAP, so fetchmail can query Microsoft Exchange servers. +
- Following recent court decisions and changes in U.S. federal +regulatory policy, hooks for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) are now +part of the main fetchmail distribution. The distribution still +contains no actual cryptographic code.
- Expunge option can now be used to break POP3 retrieval into subsessions. +
- NTLM support under IMAP, so fetchmail can query Microsoft +Exchange servers.
- Support for AUTH=CRAM-MD5 under IMAP, a la RFC2195. -
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Expunge option can now be used to break POP3 retrieval into +subsessions.

Since 4.0:

The interface and monitor options now work with freeBSD. +
Support for AUTH=CRAM-MD5 under IMAP, a la RFC2195.

Fetchmail now sends RFC1894-conformant bouncemail on SMTP and LMTP errors. +
Since 4.0:
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Full support for LMTP according to RFC2033. +
- The interface and monitor options now work with freeBSD.
- True multi-language support using GNU gettext. +
- Fetchmail now sends RFC1894-conformant bouncemail on SMTP and +LMTP errors.
- Support for use of HESIOD with Kerberos. +
- Full support for LMTP according to RFC2033.
- The --bsmtp option supports recording fetched mail as a BSMTP batch. +
- True multi-language support using GNU gettext.
- The --limit option can now be used in daemon mode, with oversized-message -notifications being mailed to the calling user. +
- Support for use of HESIOD with Kerberos.
- -Configurable support for the SDPS -extensions in www.demon.net's -POP3 service. +
- The --bsmtp option supports recording fetched mail as a BSMTP +batch.
- There is now an interactive GUI fetchmail configurator, fetchmailconf. +
- The --limit option can now be used in daemon mode, with +oversized-message notifications being mailed to the calling +user.
- Code is 64-bit clean and Y2K-safe. +
- Configurable support for the +SDPS extensions in www.demon.net's POP3 service.
- Automatically decodes armored 7-bit MIME into 8 bits (this can be -suppressed). +
- There is now an interactive GUI fetchmail configurator, +fetchmailconf.
- You can specify which SMTP error is recognized as a spam block. +
- Code is 64-bit clean and Y2K-safe.
- Support for Kerberos V authentication. +
- Automatically decodes armored 7-bit MIME into 8 bits (this can +be suppressed).
- Support for IMAP-OTP authentication using Craig Metz's patches - for UW IMAP. +
- You can specify which SMTP error is recognized as a spam +block.
- Support for IPv6 (using glibc or Craig Metz's inet6-apps library). +
- Support for Kerberos V authentication.
- Support for IPSEC (using Craig Metz's inet6-apps library). +
- Support for IMAP-OTP authentication using Craig Metz's patches +for UW IMAP.
- Support for IMAP with RFC1731-conformant GSSAPI authentication. +
- Support for IPv6 (using glibc or Craig Metz's inet6-apps +library).
- Fixed and verified support for Cyrus IMAP server, M$ Exchange, - and Post Office/NT. +
- Support for IPSEC (using Craig Metz's inet6-apps library).
- Support for responding with a one-time password when a POP3 server - issues an RFC1938-conforming OTP challenge. +
- Support for IMAP with RFC1731-conformant GSSAPI +authentication.
- Support for Compuserve's RPA authentication protocol for POP3 - (not compiled in by default, but configurable). -
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Fixed and verified support for Cyrus IMAP server, M$ Exchange, +and Post Office/NT.

Since 3.0:

Support for IMAP RFC 1731 authentication with Kerberos v4. +
Support for responding with a one-time password when a POP3 +server issues an RFC1938-conforming OTP challenge.
Support for multiple-folder retrieval in a single session - under IMAP. +
Support for Compuserve's RPA authentication protocol for POP3 +(not compiled in by default, but configurable).

Following SMTP 571 response to a From line, fetchmail no longer - downloads the bodies of spam messages. +
Since 3.0:
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Support for a `hunt list' of SMTP hosts. +
- Support for IMAP RFC 1731 authentication with Kerberos v4.
- Support for ESMTP 8BITMIME and SIZE options. +
- Support for multiple-folder retrieval in a single session under +IMAP.
- Support for ESMTP ETRN command. +
- Following SMTP 571 response to a From line, fetchmail no longer +downloads the bodies of spam messages.
- The stripcr & forcecr options to explicitly control carriage-return - stripping and LF->CRLF mapping before mail forwarding. -
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Support for a `hunt list' of SMTP hosts.

Since 2.0:

Support for secure use with ssh. +
Support for ESMTP 8BITMIME and SIZE options.
Mailserver passwords can be parsed out of your .netrc file. +
Support for ESMTP ETRN command.
When forwarding mail via SMTP, fetchmail respects the 571 - "spam filter" response and discards any mail that triggers it. +
The stripcr & forcecr options to explicitly control +carriage-return stripping and LF->CRLF mapping before mail +forwarding.

Transaction and error logging may optionally be done via syslog. +
Since 2.0:
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(Linux only) Security option to permit fetchmail to poll a host - only when a point-to-point link to a particular IP address is - up. +
- Support for secure use with ssh.
- RPOP support (restored; had been removed in 1.8). -
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Mailserver passwords can be parsed out of your .netrc +file.

2.0 and earlier versions:

Support POP2, APOP, RPOP, IMAP2, IMAP2bis, IMAP3, IMAP4, IMAP4rev1. . +
When forwarding mail via SMTP, fetchmail respects the 571 "spam +filter" response and discards any mail that triggers it.
Support for Kerberos V4 user authentication (either MIT or Cygnus). +
Transaction and error logging may optionally be done via +syslog.
Host is auto-probed for a working server if no protocol is - specified for the connection. Thus you don't need to know - what servers are running on your mail host in advance; the - verbose option will tell you which one succeeds. +
(Linux only) Security option to permit fetchmail to poll a host +only when a point-to-point link to a particular IP address is +up.
Delivery via SMTP to the client machine's port 25. This - means the retrieved mail automatically goes to the system - default MDA as if it were normal sender-initiated SMTP mail. +
RPOP support (restored; had been removed in 1.8).

Configurable timeout to detect if server connection is dropped. +
2.0 and earlier versions:
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Support for retrieving and forwarding from multi-drop mailboxes - that is guaranteed not to cause mail loops. +
- Support POP2, APOP, RPOP, IMAP2, IMAP2bis, IMAP3, IMAP4, +IMAP4rev1. .
- Large user community -- fetchmail has a large user base (the - author's beta list includes well over two hundred people). This - means feedback is rapid, bugs get found and fixed rapidly. +
- Support for Kerberos V4 user authentication (either MIT or +Cygnus).
- Carefully written, comprehensive and up-to-date man page describing - not only modes of operation but also how to diagnose the most - common kinds of problems and what to do about deficient servers. +
- Host is auto-probed for a working server if no protocol is +specified for the connection. Thus you don't need to know what +servers are running on your mail host in advance; the verbose +option will tell you which one succeeds.
- Rugged, simple, and well-tested code -- the author relies on it - every day and it has never lost mail, not even in experimental - versions. (In the project's entire history there has only been - one recorded instance of lost mail, and that was due to a quirk - in some Microsoft code.) +
- Delivery via SMTP to the client machine's port 25. This means +the retrieved mail automatically goes to the system default MDA as +if it were normal sender-initiated SMTP mail.
- Strict conformance to relevant RFCs and good debugging options. - You could use fetchmail to test and debug server implementatations. +
- Configurable timeout to detect if server connection is +dropped.
- For anybody who cares, fetchmail is Y2K safe. -
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Support for retrieving and forwarding from multi-drop mailboxes +that is guaranteed not to cause mail loops.

Features in common with other remote-mail retrieval programs:

Large user community -- fetchmail has a large user base (the +author's beta list includes well over two hundred people). This +means feedback is rapid, bugs get found and fixed rapidly.
Carefully written, comprehensive and up-to-date man page +describing not only modes of operation but also how to diagnose the +most common kinds of problems and what to do about deficient +servers.

Support for POP3. +
Rugged, simple, and well-tested code -- the author relies on it +every day and it has never lost mail, not even in experimental +versions. (In the project's entire history there has only been one +recorded instance of lost mail, and that was due to a quirk in some +Microsoft code.)
Easy control via command line or free-format run control file. +
Strict conformance to relevant RFCs and good debugging options. +You could use fetchmail to test and debug server +implementatations.
Daemon mode -- fetchmail can be run in background to poll - one or more hosts at a specified interval. +
For anybody who cares, fetchmail is Y2K safe.

From:, To:, Cc:, and Reply-To: headers are rewritten so that - usernames relative to the fetchmail host become fully-qualified - Internet addresses. This enables replies to work correctly. - (Would be unique to fetchmail if I hadn't added it to fetchpop.) +
Features in common with other remote-mail retrieval +programs:
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Message and header processing are 8-bit clean. -

+The other programs I have checked include fetchpop1.9, +PopTart-0.9.3, get-mail, gwpop, pimp-1.0, pop-perl5-1.2, popc, +popmail-1.6 and upop. -

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Support for POP3.
Easy control via command line or free-format run control +file.
Daemon mode -- fetchmail can be run in background to poll one +or more hosts at a specified interval.
From:, To:, Cc:, and Reply-To: headers are rewritten so that +usernames relative to the fetchmail host become fully-qualified +Internet addresses. This enables replies to work correctly. (Would +be unique to fetchmail if I hadn't added it to fetchpop.)
Message and header processing are 8-bit clean.

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