Re: Program for gathering and saving mail?
From: Joe (joe_at_jretrading.com)
Date: 08/09/03
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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:10:01 +0100
In message <bh15r8$tbtgb$1@ID-101605.news.uni-berlin.de>, Baard Ove
Kopperud <bokoppeNOSpamHere@frisurf.no> writes
>I was wondering if there are any good programs for just gathering
>mail from a (remote) POP3 or IMAP server and saving them to a
>file?
>
>
>I know 'fetchmail' may work, but I have some bad experiences
>with it... Last time I tried it, my mailbox overfilled, and
>instead of leaving my mail on the POP-server (as the RFC
>dictates POP *shall do* when something f.{3}s-up), it deleted
>it from the server, and bounced it to the senders... and
>since it was mostly mail-lists, I became rather unpopular
>for a while. So before I try 'fetchmail' again, I would
>like some tips...
>
>1) Can I save to some file other than the mailbox?
Fetchmail works by collecting mail and the passing it to whatever SMTP
server (MTA) is listening on port 25 on localhost by default. You can
specify a different port or host, but it's still got to be a SMTP server
that gets the mail. What that server then does with the mail is up to
its configuration.
>2) Can I prevent bouncing?
You can tell fetchmail not to bounce with the nobounce command, you then
also need to make sure the MTA will not bounce it, configuration again.
>3) Can I enforce the "leave if things go wrong" rule?
Fetchmail does. I've seen all kinds of problems, from POP3
authentication failure to the local port 25 MTA being down. I've never
seen fetchmail delete anything from the POP3 server unless all went
well. I think, as another poster said, it was your ISP which bounced
mail to a full mailbox.
My experience doesn't cover your other questions.
-- Joe
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