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

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:15:33AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 24 Jan 2012, lee wrote: > > Jon Dowland 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

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

On 24 Jan 2012, Johann Spies wrote: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15:33PM +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > 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 re

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

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:15:33PM +0200, Anthony Campbell wrote: > 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 ge

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

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 4:47 AM, lee wrote: > Jon Dowland writes: > >> I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail >> or mpop are options. > > What´s wrong with fetchmail? http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/01/msg01476.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-u

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

On 24 Jan 2012, lee wrote: > Jon Dowland 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 w

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

Jon Dowland writes: > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail > or mpop are options. What´s wrong with fetchmail? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archi

Re: POP3 in Debian

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:38:23 +, Jon Dowland wrote: > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail > or mpop are options. What's wrong with Fetchmail? Works flawlessly for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: POP3 in Debian

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:49:22 -0800, peasthope wrote: > Since the weekend my MUA POP3 connection has failed to receive messages > with this appearing in the log. Which MUA? > --- POP > RCV: +OK pop.shaw.ca > SND: USER peasthope > RCV: +OK password required for user peasth...@shaw.ca > SND: PASS

Re: POP3 in Debian

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:38:23 +, Jon Dowland wrote: (...) > I'd strongly recommend using something *other* than fetchmail: getmail > or mpop are options. Long-time fetchmail user -and lover- here! (me, I mean...) :-) Can you please explain what motivates your above advice? Greetings, -- C

Re: POP3 in Debian

Am Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2012 schrieb Jon Dowland: > On 19/01/12 12:50, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > Is this a general advice? If so, then why? > > Yes. > > covers many > reasons. Holy smoke! Well that are enough reasons for me. OTOH it

Re: POP3 in Debian

On 19/01/12 12:50, Mathias Bauer wrote: Is this a general advice? If so, then why? Yes. covers many reasons. Or is it your advice for the OP's aim to directly deliver messages to a mbox or maildir without exim and without running a

Re: POP3 in Debian

* Jon Dowland wrote on 2012-01-19 at 11:38 (+): > On 19/01/12 09:32, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >You could try with fetchmail, but I am not completely sure > >whether it can store what it retrieves in a mbox or whether it > >only supports maildir. > > Fairly sure fetchmail (et al) can inject

Re: POP3 in Debian

Hi, Both getmail4 and fetchmail can handle this task well (Though I like the getmail4 package as being its maintainer.) On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 01:49:22PM -0800, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Since the weekend my MUA POP3 connection has failed to receive > messages with this appearing in t

Re: POP3 in Debian

Am Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2012 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > Am Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2012 schrieb Jon Dowland: > > On 19/01/12 09:32, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > > You could try with fetchmail, but I am not completely sure whether > > > it can store what it retrieves in a mbox or whether it onl

Re: POP3 in Debian

Am Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2012 schrieb Jon Dowland: > On 19/01/12 09:32, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > You could try with fetchmail, but I am not completely sure whether it > > can store what it retrieves in a mbox or whether it only supports > > maildir. > > Fairly sure fetchmail (et al) can inje

Re: POP3 in Debian

On 19/01/12 09:32, Martin Steigerwald wrote: You could try with fetchmail, but I am not completely sure whether it can store what it retrieves in a mbox or whether it only supports maildir. Fairly sure fetchmail (et al) can inject mail to the local MDA, so where it ends up afterwards depends o

Re: Re: POP3 in Debian

On Mi, 18 ian 12, 19:16:03, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > * From: Andrei Popescu > * Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:16 +0200 > > Try having a look at your mail via some other > > means (webmail or so) to see if there is something that might create > > problems. > > Web access shows nothing u

Re: POP3 in Debian

Am Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2012 schrieb peasth...@shaw.ca: > Failure in parsing "LIST 1" baffles. How big a problem can parsing of > 6 characters be? To understand further, I want a Debian system to > automatically retrieve messages from the POP3 server and put them in > /home/peter/mbox. Then qpop

Re: POP3 in Debian

If it has worked before, it could as well be a temporarily problem of your provider. By the way, here we're using pop3 encrypted via ssl (which nowadays every provider should have available) in order to protect the password from eavesdropping. -- Best regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Re: POP3 in Debian

* From: Andrei Popescu * Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:16 +0200 > Try having a look at your mail via some other > means (webmail or so) to see if there is something that might create > problems. Web access shows nothing unusual. Messages have come to the I.S.P. mailbox since the pr

Re: POP3 in Debian

On Mi, 18 ian 12, 13:49:22, peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Hi, > > Since the weekend my MUA POP3 connection has failed to receive > messages with this appearing in the log. > --- POP > RCV: +OK pop.shaw.ca > SND: USER peasthope > RCV: +OK password required for user peasth...@shaw.ca > SND: PASS