Re: Mutt + Fetchmail

From: Vincent Lefevre (vincent_at_vinc17.org)
Date: 03/31/05

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    Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 01:43:21 +0200
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    On 2005-03-30 16:43:16 -0500, Jiann-Ming Su wrote:
    > Fetchmail grabs email from your ISP and makes it look like email was
    > delivered directly to your local computer.

    That is, with an unreliable protocol (very sensitive to non-trivial
    misconfiguration and antispam measures). I recommend getmail, which
    makes losing mail more difficult (though it is a bit too paranoid). 

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