> Why did you write getmail? Why not just use fetchmail? > > I do not like some of the design choices which were made with > fetchmail. getmail does things a little differently, and for my > purposes, better. In addition, most people find getmail easier to > configure and use than fetchmail. Perhaps most importantly, getmail > goes to great lengths to ensure that mail is never lost, while > fetchmail (in its default configuration) frequently loses mail, causes > mail loops, bounces legitimate messages, and causes many other > problems.
I give honorable mention to animail, which is what I use. Easier to configure than fetchmail, but it's killer feature is the ability to delete mail on the server without downloading it. That's how I killed about 300 copies of day of the Swen virus when it was rampaging through the Internet. regards, Robert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
