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- ---+++==== fetchpop 1.9 RELEASE Jun 25 1996 ===+++---
-
- CHANGES FROM 1.8:
- 1. $HOME/.fetchhost file is encrypted. If you are upgrading from older
- version of fetchpop, remove the old $HOME/.fetchhost file prior
- to run this release.
- 2. The -s flag has been renamed to -m.
- 3. When Fetchpop was compiled with -DLogShowfrom,
- it displays the 'From:' and 'Subject:' lines of retrieved messages.
- 4. $HOME/.lockfetch has been renamed to $HOME/.lockfetch-$HOSTNAME for NFS.
- 5. Some minor code arrangements.
- 6. -b option for rewriting local mail IDs in fetched mail into replyable
- addresses.
- 7. fixed manual page.
- 8. Added the preference for Log file in compile-time configuration.
- Now fetchpop works with xbiff and xmailbox for notification of only
- retrieved mails.
-
- CHANGES 1.8 FROM 1.7 (1.0, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6):
- Too many to mention here.
-
- OVERVIEW:
- fetchpop is a pop3 mail client designed around the concept "I do
- not want to lose my mail!"
-
- By default, fetchpop retrieves new mail from the remote pop mail
- server and appends it to your mailbox file, using information in the
- file ~/.fetchhost. Fetchpop has many options to change its default
- behavior.
-
- Some of the features of fetchpop are:
- - fetchpop can run as a daemon process (-d flag),
- - fetchpop can be run in script files, such as ppp-on, dip,
- and rc.local
- - fetchpop works with procmail and .forward file. (-p and -m flags)
- - fetchpop can be used to mount /var/spool/mail on a subnet
- - fetchpop does mail folder protection with exclusive
- write-lock on mail folder files.
- - fetchpop retrieves only new unread messages, by default.
- - fetchpop can retrieve only a specific message.
- - fetchpop can be used to check only how many messages are
- in the remote server.
- - fetchpop works with xbiff and xmailbox for only retrieved mails from
- remote server.
- - and more.
-
- Some default behavior of fetchpop in version 1.8 and 1.9 has been changed.
- In particular, older versions deleted retrieved messages by default.
- For more information about fetchpop and its option, refer to the man
- page. (If you have already installed fetchpop, do 'man fetchpop'.
- Otherwise, do 'nroff -man fetchpop.1L | more')
-
- YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A MAIL DELIVERY AGENT OR PROCMAIL TO USE FETCHPOP.
- The -m and -p options are extra features that can be used to deliver
- retrieved mail to you through a mail agent or filter, instead of
- directly appending it (by default or -o flag) to a local mail folder
- file. Direct appending is a lot faster, and more reliable because of
- file locking, and takes up less of the system's resources than the
- mail agent delivery options
-
- Latest version of fetchpop can be obtained from
- ftp://ohlab.net/pub/fetchpop
- (Currently, seung-hong.ganet.net/pub/linux/fetchpop)
-
- Sites that carry fetchpop
- ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Mail/pop
-
- HOW TO COMPILE AND INSTALL FETCHPOP:
-
- 1. Check the Makefile
- If you want to compile fetchpop with procmail -p flag support or/and -m flag
- support, use -DHAVEPROCMAIL or/and -DHAVEMDA as EXTRA_OPTION flags.
-
- 2. Check config.h
- IMPORTANT: edit DefaultMDA and/or FORMAIL variables in "config.h"
- to where those programs are in your system, if you are compiling with
- -DHAVEMDA and/or -DHAVEPROCMAIL and you plan to use -m and -p flags
- for mail delivery.
-
- 3. Type 'make' to build the software.
-
- 4. To install it, do 'su root' and then type 'make install'.
-
- AUTHOR:
- fetchpop was written by Seung-Hong Oh <oh@cis.ohio-state.edu>
-
- COPYRIGHT:
- Copyright (C) 1996 Seung-Hong Oh
- The fetchpop code is under GPL. You can freely use,
- redistribute, modify, and enhance it as long as you acknowledge
- Seung-Hong Oh as the original author.
- If you modify fetchpop, send me a copy of it.
-
- LIMITATION:
- Some sites use old POP3 mail servers that are poorly
- implemented. In such servers, POP3 LAST and QUIT command is
- not working as described in RFC 1225, causing all the messages
- in the remote server to be seen as new. On these servers,
- always use fetchpop with the -r flag
-
- PLATFORMS:
- Linux, SunOS, HP-UX, and other Unix-like OSs.
-
- BUGS:
- No known bugs. Send bug reports to oh@cis.ohio-state.edu
-
- THANKS TO
- All the people who sent me comments and suggestion, and:
-
- * Franz v. Weizsaecker <franz@p2p.de>
- lots of suggestion and comments.
- * Fritz Heinrichmeyer <fritz.heinrichmeyer@fernuni-hagen.de>
- bug report and suggestion.
- * Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
- corrected the docs (README and the fetchpop man page)
- and added the -b option.
-