Re: Re(2): POP3 in Debian
Hi,
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 08:49:24AM -0800, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
> * From: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
> * Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:10:34 +0900
> > Both getmail4 and fetchmail can handle this task well ...
>
> According to the Wikipedia, fetchmail can not deliver to mbox.
Well.... by itself ... yes you are right.
| fetchmail is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches
| mail from remote mailservers and forwards it to your local (client)
| machine's delivery system. You can then handle the retrieved mail using
| normal mail user agents such as mutt(1), elm(1) or Mail(1).
Its all about fetching. You need another program to deliver to ... like
procmail/maildrop/...
> > Are you running that qpopper yourself?
>
> Not now. It was installed years ago before I learned
> to simplify configuration.
>
> > Or connect to remote POP3 site with telnet.
>
> That explained the problem in a few minutes. The MUA
> is putting two blanks between LIST and 1. The Zimbra
> POP3 server is accepting one blank and not two. My
> log
You mean your log viewing environment.
> is a variable pitch font and I failed to notice the
> two blanks. Should have noticed in the Courier font
> emessage but failed again. The ISP must have changed
> the POP server last weekend. No public notice and
> "technical support" staff were unaware. My telnet
> session follows in case anyone is interested.
Good for you. The real question is who's bus is this.
If this is bug on Debian package which is a bit too tight than what RFC
allows, please file bug report on Debian. If this is non-RFC complient
bug, maybe complain to ISP or Zimba POP3 server developer.
...
> Now that I understand, the MUA can be changed to send just
> one blank and interact with the ISP POP3 directly again.
I think your usage of MUA is not a typical one.
MUA is mutt, thunderbird, ... not POP3 server.
Osamu
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