Re: Email client programs
Incoming from Erich Waelde:
>
> > I don't think everyone is fully appreciating the problem.
> That makes 2 of us ;)
>
> What comes to my mind:
> a. (has been mentioned) use fetchmail to download the messages. Example
> listing here:
>
> # fetchmail -d0 -a -f /etc/fetchmailrc
> 4 messages for myname at my.provider.com (45939 octets).
> reading message myname@my.provider.com:1 of 4 (3771 octets) ... flushed
And, if the network drops out, fetchmail will notice and the next time
you go to get mail, that mail may be re-transmitted. Feature! If
that's a problem, tell procmail to watch for duplicates (very simple
to do) and drop them into a =Duplicates mail folder.
Between fetchmail and procmail and any barely usable mail client, bad
lines don't have to be a problem. They just keep on trying until it's
done.
--
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling
- -
Reply to: