[fetchmail]comcast.net and attachments - workaround

Matthias Andree matthias.andree@gmx.de
Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:45:39 +0100


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Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:

> Ed Wilts <ewilts@ewilts.org> writes:
>
>> FAQ # I8 says:
>>
>> "Stock fetchmail will work with a comcast.net server...but they seem to
>> have an 80K limit on the length of downloaded messages. Anything larger
>> is silently truncated. Don't mistake this for a fetchmail bug."
>
> It also says:
>
> "Workaround: use the fetchall option."
> <http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-FAQ.html#I8>

Update: fetchmail 6.3.2-rc1 has a workaround built-in that works without
the "fetchall" option. Find it at <http://home.pages.de/~mandree/fetchmail/>

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