Re: Fetchmail and Gmail
On 2009-08-23 14:09, Rob Gom wrote:
Hi all,
could anyone explain to me why fetchmail is needed in the first place?
Now *this* is an excellent flame!
From user's point of view it is something "additional". Instead of
configuring mail setup in single place (MUA, mail program), one has to
set it up both in MUA (retrieve mail from local mail box) and
fetchmail configuration file.
It's not that difficult. Really.
The latter (IMHO) has very limited
functionality of password encryption handling,
Sure it doess, with POPS.
no gui integration
Boo fscking hoo.
- it
is needed to launch text editor to edit specific file...
Again, boo fscking hoo.
Does this setup have any advantages?
Yes, it does, since it fetches your mail *for you* from your ISP's
POP server, and can send it to an MTA, which passes it thru
SpamAssassin and then an MDA, which then filters your email into
separate folders depending on topic or sender.
Another benefit: for the longest time, ISPs had very small mailbox
sizes, and some still do. fetchmail/getmail running in daemon mode
or through cron every X minutes will keep your ISP mailbox
relatively empty, even if you go away on vacation.
It is counterintuitive
Remember, *ix is both a desktop and serve at the same time. Thus,
break out of your Windows Mentality.
and non
ergonomic, isn't it?
"Ergonomics" has nothing to with fetchmail.
Unless "automatically fetching mail so that you don't have to" is
considered ergonomic.
Are there any mail programs which allow seamless integration with
fetchmail/getmail?
All MTAs and MDAs, and Maildir, seamlessly integrate with fetchmail.
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