Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-05 Thread JoeHill
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-04-03 08:54, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >> [snip] > >>> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > >>> This is a Bad Thing (tm), becaus

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-05 Thread Richard Hector
On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 16:54 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > [snip] > >> > >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can creat

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 08:54, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so?

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
> > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > > the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. > > Can getmail do this? > > Yes it can. Have a look at: > > http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-integrating-procmail > > It basica

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 07:30:32, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP ser

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,03.Apr.09, 04:22:11, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [snip] >> >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, >> YMMV > > How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/Spa

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Apr 2009, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and  more reliable. > >

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Magnus Therning
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: >> > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV >> I don't know getmail, but

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 07:30 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote: > > AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SM

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Tom Rauchenwald
Norbert Zeh writes: >> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. >> This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV > > I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through > the local SMTP server is that I can use procma

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Norbert Zeh
> AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. > This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV I don't know getmail, but what I like about fetchmail's delivery through the local SMTP server is that I can use procmail to filter my messages. Can

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-03 02:06, Andrei Popescu wrote: [snip] AFAIK fetchmail defaults to delivering your mail by using a local SMTP. This is a Bad Thing (tm), because it can create a lot of problems, YMMV How so? It (fetchmail->Postfix/SpamAssassin->maildrop->~/Maildir) has been working perfectly on

Re: getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,02.Apr.09, 06:05:42, Paul Cartwright wrote: > On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > > immediately. It's easier to configure and  more rel

getmail vs fetchmail, WAS: Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-02 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Thu April 2 2009, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Probably not an answer to the OP, but when I was having trouble with > fetchmail a year ago I changed to getmail and the problems went away > immediately. It's easier to configure and  more reliable. I just recently setup fetchmail on my lenny box. We

Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-02 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 01 Apr 2009, Mike McClain wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 11:38:40PM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:29:31PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > > I lost a hard drive and am attempting to restore it. > > > In a new bare installation of Sarge I can browse the web > > >

Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-01 Thread Mike McClain
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 11:38:40PM +0100, David Jardine wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:29:31PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > I lost a hard drive and am attempting to restore it. > > In a new bare installation of Sarge I can browse the web > > with no problems. I can fetch my mail with thi

Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-01 Thread David Jardine
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:29:31PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > I lost a hard drive and am attempting to restore it. > In a new bare installation of Sarge I can browse the web > with no problems. I can fetch my mail with this entry in > ~/.fetchmailrc: > poll "66.63.128.171" protocol pop3 >

Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution

2009-04-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-04-01 15:29, Mike McClain wrote: I lost a hard drive and am attempting to restore it. In a new bare installation of Sarge I can browse the web Obligatory WTF: why on God's green earth are you installing *Sarge*? Is it a 4GB drive on a 64MB Pentium? -- Scooty Puff, Sr The Doom-B