[fetchmail]Need old versions of fetchmail, raising objection against Patent DE 10243243 B4

[Jan Kechel]

Hi,

i am going to raise an objection against T-Mobile's Software-Patent  DE=20
10243243 B4.
Yes, it's a german patent-application, but it try to translate it to=20
english:

german original:
"Verfahren zur empf=E4ngerseitigen automatischen Behandlung von=20
unerw=FCnschter elektronischer Post in Kommunikationsnetzen"

my english translation:
"Process for receiver-sided automatically handling of unwanted=20
electronic mail in communication-networks"

So, i found at=20
http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-features.html that:

Since version 3:
Following SMTP 571 response to a From line, fetchmail no longer=20
downloads the bodies of spam messages.

Since version 2:
When forwarding mail via SMTP, fetchmail respects the 571 "spam filter"=20
response and discards any mail that triggers it.

To rise an objection, i need to give evidence that any publicly=20
available program, for example fetchmail, already implemented such a=20
feature before 17. October 2002.

For any help i'll be very thankful!

regards,

Jan Kechel
prevalent.de


PS: you can get the original patent-application from:
https://publikationen.dpma.de/lst_pat_xpt.do?query=3DPN+%3D+DE10243243B4
(it probably works only at your second try because of the=20
session-management of that site)