From 60a36fc394fbf4e17f0a8c5ca8b1a97b3a54da8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 17:23:30 +0000 Subject: Reinstate the fetchall kluge. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1914 --- fetchmailconf | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmailconf') diff --git a/fetchmailconf b/fetchmailconf index 3a7dddd1..01ba5ff9 100755 --- a/fetchmailconf +++ b/fetchmailconf @@ -961,16 +961,16 @@ It is strongly recommended that you find a better POP3 server. """ if string.find(greetline, "usa.net") > 0: warnings = warnings + """ -You appear to be using USA.NET's free mail service. This is a problem; -their POP3 servers, at least as of the 2.2 version in use mid-1998, -are quite flaky. They seem to require that fetchall be switched on +You appear to be using USA.NET's free mail service. Their POP3 servers +(at least as of the 2.2 version in use mid-1998) are quite flaky, but +fetchmail can compensate. They seem to require that fetchall be switched on (otherwise you won't necessarily see all your mail, not even new mail). -They botch the TOP command the fetchmail normally uses for retrieval +They also botch the TOP command the fetchmail normally uses for retrieval (it only retrieves about 10 lines rather than the number specified). +Turning on fetchall will disable the use of TOP. -It is recommended that you turn on `fetchall' and `keep' on all user -entries associated with this server. Turning on keep will disable the -use of TOP. +Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you turn on `fetchall' on all +user entries associated with this server. """ if string.find(greetline, "QPOP") > 0: -- cgit v1.2.3