From 9cb888960d9191a2442bd194e84f3e56ac809eed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond"
@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ fetchmail is now pretty mature and I have many other projects, so I
don't personally chase obscure or marginal problems. Help with any
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-$Date: 2002/09/17 09:36:00 $
+$Date: 2003/02/28 11:02:51 $
IDLE is not fully implemented. Fetchmail does not time out the -idle connection every 30 minutes or less as required by RFC2177. -Some servers (including UW IMAPD compiled without the -MICROSOFT_BRAIN_DAMAGE option, as is the default) will drop the -connection after 30 minutes, resulting in a spurious socket error -in your logs and no mail being picked up until the next poll -cycle.
-POP3 can't presently distinguish a wedged or down server from an authentication failure. Possible fix: after issuing a PASS command. wait 300 (xx) seconds for a "-ERR" or a "+OK" . If nothing comes @@ -79,7 +71,7 @@ reports.