Re: What´s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)
On 24 Jan 2012, lee wrote: Jon Dowland j...@debian.org writes: I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail or mpop are options. What´s wrong with fetchmail? It's fine if it works for you, but some years ago I had problems authenticting myself to a mail server with fetchmail. I switched to getmail4 and it worked instantly. I can't remember the details now but I've always used getmail4 since them. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120124101533.ge30...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: What´s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:47 AM, lee l...@songoku.yagibdah.de wrote: Jon Dowland j...@debian.org writes: I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail or mpop are options. What´s wrong with fetchmail? http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/01/msg01476.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sy6rx_gÞhdwseampba851brsjoa+bphah_pgw+6w...@mail.gmail.com
Re: What´s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15:33PM +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: It's fine if it works for you, but some years ago I had problems authenticting myself to a mail server with fetchmail. I switched to getmail4 and it worked instantly. I can't remember the details now but I've always used getmail4 since them. I have used fetchmail for many years (might be about 15 now). At more than one stage I experimented with getmail which also worked but I always came back to fetchmail. I found getmail a bit more complicated (or maybe it was just 'strange' for me) to configure properly. Regards Johann -- Johann SpiesTelefoon: 021-808 4699 Databestuurder / Data manager Sentrum vir Navorsing oor Evaluasie, Wetenskap en Tegnologie Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology Universiteit Stellenbosch. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus Philippians 2:4,5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120124104623.ga14...@sun.ac.za
Re: What´s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)
On 24 Jan 2012, Johann Spies wrote: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15:33PM +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: It's fine if it works for you, but some years ago I had problems authenticting myself to a mail server with fetchmail. I switched to getmail4 and it worked instantly. I can't remember the details now but I've always used getmail4 since them. I have used fetchmail for many years (might be about 15 now). At more than one stage I experimented with getmail which also worked but I always came back to fetchmail. I found getmail a bit more complicated (or maybe it was just 'strange' for me) to configure properly. Regards Johann Interesting. I found getmail easy to configure, using the examples in the docs as a template. Anyway, this just illustrates one of the nice things about Linux - lots of different ways to get the result you want. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - using Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - book reviews, articles, blog, and printed books and ebooks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120124130430.gf30...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: What�s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:15:33AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 24 Jan 2012, lee wrote: Jon Dowland j...@debian.org writes: I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail or mpop are options. What´s wrong with fetchmail? It's fine if it works for you, but some years ago I had problems authenticting myself to a mail server with fetchmail. I switched to getmail4 and it worked instantly. I can't remember the details now but I've always used getmail4 since them. I'm not sure something that happened to you years ago would justify a recomendation not to use it. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
