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Re: Mutt + Fetchmail



On 2005-03-30 16:43:16 -0500, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
> Fetchmail grabs email from your ISP and makes it look like email was
> delivered directly to your local computer.

That is, with an unreliable protocol (very sensitive to non-trivial
misconfiguration and antispam measures). I recommend getmail, which
makes losing mail more difficult (though it is a bit too paranoid).

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Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/>
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