[geeks] arrrggghhh

Joshua D Boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Mon Oct 15 12:49:52 CDT 2001


On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 01:20:31PM -0400, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> Don't _ever_ use fetchmail!  Fetchmail _SUCKS_!!!
> 
> (seriously!  don't try to read the code without your peril sensitive
> glasses on and turned to full!!!)

What is wrong with it?  It has worked without error for me in the past.
 
> Use GNU Movemail.  It properly fetches a POP mailbox and keeps it in
> proper order.  You can then use any MUA which can read a mailbox file.
> (there's even a version that does IMAP! ;-)

I checked out the gnu project list at gnu.org, and I didn't see that
listed.  Where can I get it?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd



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