Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
A couple of questions come to mind: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? fetchmail works great for download from my company Exhange server. You might need to have to add auth NTLM, ssl and sslfingerprint based on the configuration of the Exchange server. -- Jostein Berntsen jber...@broadpark.no
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
* Mun mjeli...@gmail.com 22.12.2009 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? Hello Mun, here an my Debian box there is an extra package 'fetchmailconf'. So it's possible that Red Hat has also it's own. Hth Michael -- If you think technology can solve your problems you don't understand technology and you don't understand your problems. (Bruce Schneier) signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 03:54:36PM -0800, Mun wrote: [..] 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? i used fetchmail but after some reads (long time ago) i decided to switch to getmail. they were about fetchmail security an bugs. to be onest i never had a problem about fetchmail but i confideted on them. 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? fetchmail syntax is not so bad. it is easy to learn and indeed easier than the getmail's syntax. (why did i switch to getmail?) m. ps. sorry for the provate reply -- Intelligence: Finding an error in a Knuth text. Stupidity: Cashing that $2.56 check you got. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:05:45AM +0100, Michael Wagner wrote: * Mun mjeli...@gmail.com 22.12.2009 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? Hello Mun, here an my Debian box there is an extra package 'fetchmailconf'. So it's possible that Red Hat has also it's own. Hi, I'm new here. I don't know why the script is a separate package in Debian. The tarball on http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ has a fetchmailconf.py that it calls #a GUI configurator for generating fetchmail configuration files. # by Eric S. Raymond, e...@snark.thyrsus.com, # Matthias Andree matthias.and...@gmx.de # Requires Python with Tkinter, and the following OS-dependent services: # posix, posixpath, socket Possible Debian has an issue with one of those requirements. -- Kind Regards, Freeman
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
Hi, First of all, let me send out a Thank You to all of you who replied with suggestions and comments. I very much appreciate your input. On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:40 AM PST, evenso wrote: e e e On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:05:45AM +0100, Michael Wagner wrote: e * Mun mjeli...@gmail.com 22.12.2009 e e 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red e Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone e know if there is a replacement? e e Hello Mun, e e here an my Debian box there is an extra package 'fetchmailconf'. So it's e possible that Red Hat has also it's own. e e Hi, e e I'm new here. e e I don't know why the script is a separate package in Debian. The tarball on e http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ has a fetchmailconf.py that it calls I tried to run the fetchmailconf script on my RHEL5 system and it failed with tk errors. I saw somewhere on the Red Hat site where they explicitly indicated that they had removed fetchmailconf from their RHEL distribution--actually, from their Fetchmail RPM. I searched Red Hat's RPM packages and fetchmailconf does not show up. In any event, I'll look into the other programs people suggested. But since I am at least a little familiar with fetchmail already; and because someone mentioned that getmail's syntax is more difficult to learn than fetchmail's, I'll most likely stick to fetchmail unless I run into a problem. Once again, thanks to all for their helpful suggestions. Happy Holidays, -- Mun
Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
Hi all, My e-mail methodology will be changing shortly and I will be serviced via an Exchange server (as opposed to e-mail delivered directly to my Linux workstation). Due to my own personality flaws I am planning on using Fetchmail (configured for IMAP use) to retrieve my e-mail from the Exchange server to my local Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) box. The main reason for this is that I want a copy of all of my e-mail to reside on my own computer. A couple of questions come to mind: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? Thanks in advance. -- Mun
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On 2009.12.21 15:54:36 +, Mun wrote: Hi all, My e-mail methodology will be changing shortly and I will be serviced via an Exchange server (as opposed to e-mail delivered directly to my Linux workstation). Due to my own personality flaws I am planning on using Fetchmail (configured for IMAP use) to retrieve my e-mail from the Exchange server to my local Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) box. The main reason for this is that I want a copy of all of my e-mail to reside on my own computer. A couple of questions come to mind: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? Thanks in advance. -- Take a look at Getmail. I've found it to be a much better retrieval program than Fetchmail. Rem
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
* Mun schrieb am Montag, den 21. Dezember 2009: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? I like mpop: http://mpop.sourceforge.net/ http://mpop.sourceforge.net/comparison.html Andreas
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On 2009-12-21, Mun mjeli...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, My e-mail methodology will be changing shortly and I will be serviced via an Exchange server (as opposed to e-mail delivered directly to my Linux workstation). Due to my own personality flaws I am planning on using Fetchmail (configured for IMAP use) to retrieve my e-mail from the Exchange server to my local Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) box. The main reason for this is that I want a copy of all of my e-mail to reside on my own computer. A soul mate! I am similarly afflicted by flaws in my personality and by the choices of our IT department. Our Exchange servers are set up for POP access, so I just use fetchmail. It was pretty easy to configure once I found a how-to on the web. My messages are now delivered to $MAIL just as they were when we were using a real e-mail system and I'm happy. Regards, Gary
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 03:59:41PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: Take a look at Getmail. I've found it to be a much better retrieval program than Fetchmail. Could you expound on why you prefer getmail over fetchmail? I am currently using fetchmail and have only heard of getmail but not seen it in action. -- Noah Sheppard Assistant Computer Resource Manager Taylor University CSE Department nshep...@cse.taylor.edu
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:02:46AM +0100, Andreas Kneib wrote: I like mpop: http://mpop.sourceforge.net/ http://mpop.sourceforge.net/comparison.html offlineimap is also pretty good and well worth checking out. Jamie pgpGqAhqY7Gbn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
* Mun mjeli...@gmail.com [12-21-09 18:55]: Due to my own personality flaws I am planning on using Fetchmail (configured for IMAP use) to retrieve my e-mail from the Exchange server to my local Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) box. The main reason for this is that I want a copy of all of my e-mail to reside on my own computer. Must be a lot of us with flaws :^) A couple of questions come to mind: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? I haven't used it for years, but it was *helpful* with my earlier setups. I now just edit ~/.fetchmailrc by hand as there are few thing I do differently. There is rpm packages available for openSUSE that you might try. It should not be a problem as, iiuc, it is just a python script. You probably already have all the requirements present and can run the script as a stand-a-lone from your home directory. 2) It appears that 'fetchmailconf' has been obsoleted. That is, Red Hat no longer provides it in there Fetchmail RPM. Does anyone know if there is a replacement? I have seen none. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USAHOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535@ http://counter.li.org
Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue?
On 22-12-2009, at 01h 02'46, Andreas Kneib wrote about Re: Is Fetchmail still in vogue? * Mun schrieb am Montag, den 21. Dezember 2009: 1) Is Fetchmail still in vogue? Or is there a better application that I should use to retrieve my e-mail? I like mpop: http://mpop.sourceforge.net/ http://mpop.sourceforge.net/comparison.html Any plans to add mapi support? Ionel
