Re: getmail FAIL - lost email

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:11:44 -0800
Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org> wrote:

> Celejar wrote:
> 
> > Is there a better MRA / MDA the list recommends? Has
> > anyone seen this sort of thing with either getmail or other MRAs / MDAs?
> 
> FWIW, I've been using fetchmail, with maildrop as the MDA, for several
> years.  I'm not aware of any lost mail in that time.

Thanks. I've been using getmail for many years, and really like it - I
have only had this problem two or three times (the last record I have
of it is from about a year and a half ago), although given the gravity
of the problem, I may have to switch.

> regards,
> mike

Celejar