Re: [exim] your 'favorite' exim-integrated POP retrieval?

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Author: Odhiambo G. Washington
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] your 'favorite' exim-integrated POP retrieval?
* On 24/09/05 09:36 -0700, OpenMacNews wrote:
> hi all,
>
> i've a number of external accts that i'd like to retrieve mail from via
> RPOP, 'into' my exim environment.
>
> tho some of those accounts *do* have, e.g., spam scanning, i'd rather trust
> my exiscan-based local scanning, and ensure that all retrieved mail goes
> through the processing i direct in my exim env.
>
> to date, i've never had to consciously manage this at a server level -- as
> CGPro has RPOP retrievel capability 'built-in' ...
>
> to DIY, i thought ER's 'fetchmail' looked like a good solution ... per the
> wiki, however,
>
>     <http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/FAQ/Fetchmail/Q1202>

>
> there's some expressed concern.
>
> what's 'preferred' for POP mail retrieval/integration among the exim crowd
> !?


The exim "dialup crowd", you mean?

I have a client who I did a setup for, who uses a dialup connection. I
used fetchmail, but it has limitations when it comes to Envelope-
recipient(s) especially if you use a catchall. So I configured it to
have several lines of "poll blah, user X there is blah here", but it
sucks.

There is also getmail - http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, but I've
not used it, but it promises to be much better than fetchmail..

PS: Could you kindly write in a language someone understands without
    having to google first? ;)






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