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Re: What�s wrong with fetchmail? (Re: POP3 in Debian)



On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:15:33AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2012, lee wrote:
> > Jon Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> writes:
> > 
> > > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail
> > > or mpop are options.
> > 
> > What´s wrong with fetchmail?
> > 
> > 
> 
> It's fine if it works for you, but some years ago I had problems
> authenticting myself to a mail server with fetchmail. I switched to
> getmail4 and it worked instantly. I can't remember the details now but
> I've always used getmail4 since them.

I'm not sure something that happened to you years ago would justify a
recomendation not to use it.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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