* On 24/09/05 10:30 -0700, OpenMacNews wrote:
> hi wash,
>
> >The exim "dialup crowd", you mean?
>
> no. no dialup involved. i'm talking about simple 'pull' retrieval of
> messages stored at a remote ISP with exim effectively as a pop-client.
Never heard of exim being used as a pop-client ;)
> unless we're simply debating semantics here ...
>
> >There is also getmail - http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/, but I've
> >not used it, but it promises to be much better than fetchmail..
>
> thx for the reference ... i'll take a look.
>
> any details as to why 'better'?
Here are the features:
A POP3 and IMAP4 mail retriever with reliable Maildir and command delivery.
Summary of features:
- Retrieve mail from an unlimited number of POP3/IMAP4 mailboxes and servers.
- Support for POP3-over-SSL and IMAP-over-SSL, as well as SDPS
- Support for multidrop or domain mailboxes.
- Safe and reliable delivery to qmail-style Maildirs, as well as program
(pipe) delivery for use with arbitrary external MDAs. Includes an MDA
for mbox files that supports mboxrd format and fcntl-type flock locking.
- Does not destroy information by rewriting mail headers.
- Does not cause mail loops by doing SMTP injection, and therefore does
not require that you run an MTA (like qmail or sendmail) on your host.
- Can remember which mail it has already retrieved, and can be set to
only download new messages.
- Written in Python, and therefore easy to extend or customize.
- Simple to install, configure, and use.
It's said that it overcomes many limitations that fetchmail has. Again,
did I say I have never used it? "Better" was used because word has it
...
cheers
- wash
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