Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:22:33 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How Fetchmail made me a spammer Message-ID: <861vhsvk9i.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4B4F1CA0.3070000@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> (Programmer In Training's message of "Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:31:12 -0600") References: <201001141016.56877.mail@maxlor.com> <867hrkx52s.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4B4F1CA0.3070000@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > None of this would have happened if you were using IMAP instead of POP. > A possible solution, but who likes IMAP? Pretty much anyone who likes software that works properly and protocols that help rather than hinder the software's efforts to not royally f**k up your mailbox. > I much prefer POP3 and having the mail locally (I delete it from the > server once it's copied). You can do that with IMAP as well. > Also, it seems as if he's downloading it from the other users (the > person who sent the email) mail server and there is no way to force the > other mail server to use one standard over another (although in this > case a useless thought). Who doesn't support IMAP these days? > The problem is it was not able to get into the local mail queue > because of certain default settings (which at one time probably made > sense). No, the problem was that it was processed multiple times. This could have been avoided with IMAP. > This problem would have occurred if he were using IMAP or POP3 > since it never made it into his mail servers queue. This was bouncing > between his server and the original sender's server. No, read the OP again. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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