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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Avoid POP3
From:       Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson () cox ! net>
Date:       2011-06-04 20:36:29
Message-ID: 4DEA974D.9020604 () cox ! net
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On 06/04/2011 02:52 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net>  wrote:
>> On 06/03/2011 07:02 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> And admittely, in such programs (like Getmail or Fetchmail) it is very
>>> useful to have the "keep" option while configuring the application so you
>>> don't delete e-mails unless you are sure they're well routed locally and
>>> messages reach their inboxes.
>>
>> That's right.  Nothing worse than seeing dozens of emails disappearing
>> because of a misconfigured MTA.
>
> getmail is *not* an MTA. Be very cautious about that sort of claim, it
> can come back and bite you when you least expect it.
>

Yeah, well, no.  I stand by what I said.

When fetchmail feeds a mis-configured MTA (like exim or postfix), emails 
just disappear.

> The default POP client behavior of auto-snatching mail off the server
> is an old, old, old problem, and one of the biggest reasons to throw
> POP access out altogether and switch to IMAP.
>

Which is what I do: fetchmail grabs mail from my ISP's POP server, 
passes them to postfix which calls spam assassin then passes to maildrop 
which puts them in a Maildir for courier-imap

-- 
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure
the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally
corrupt."
Samuel Adams, essay in The Public Advertiser, 1749


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