Re: getmail, getmail6, testing, unstable, python-is-python3

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:45:51 +0300
Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> wrote:

> 	Hi.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:19:01AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:02:22 +0300
> > Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> wrote:

...

> > > Indeed. Switch back to fetchmail, because the less you're depending on
> > > python and the software that uses it - the better ;)
> > 
> > Here's the getmail author's opinion of why getmail is preferable to
> > fetchmail:
> > 
> > http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-about-why
> > 
> > Doubtless opinionated, and certainly dated, but would you or anyone
> > else here care to comment?
> 
> It boils down to two things:
> 
> 1) Configuration of fetchmail is teh hard.
> 
> If I have to choose between hard-to-configure software and will-cease-to
> function software - I always go with the first variety. YMMV.
> 
> 
> 2) Fetchmail is insecure, getmail is bulletproof.
> 
> As [1] and [2] show us - it's true somewhat. fetchmail has 5 times more
> known vulnerabilities than getmail.
> Problem with such numbers approach is - last reported CVE for fetchmail
> is dated 2012, and for getmail it's 2014. I.e. both can be considered
> secure enough in this regard.

...

Thanks.

Celejar