On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@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. 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktinxpd+rfvwy6zo2wyyqukoux3b...@mail.gmail.com
