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Re: Procmail, Fetchmail, etc...
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: Jason House <jhouse at mitre dot org>
- Cc: Cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 16:07:32 -0400
- Subject: Re: Procmail, Fetchmail, etc...
- References: <3CE54D87.CF0E0BAA@mitre.org>
Jason,
Please post to cygwin@cygwin.com instead of sending private email.
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 02:35:51PM -0400, Jason House wrote:
> By far you seem like the best person to contact about procmail under
> cygwin. All my searches always seem to lead to your posts.
>
> I know fetchmail has issues.
Did you read the README?
/usr/doc/Cygwin/fetchmail-5.9.11.README
or
http://www.tishler.net/jason/software/fetchmail/fetchmail-5.9.11.README
Specifically, the following:
Although fetchmail builds OOTB under Cygwin, two patches have been
applied to:
1. solve a mail corruption problem under Windows 2000 (possibly
other Windows versions)
> What is the recommended way to receive/transmit e-mail under cygwin
> without corruption?
I recommend using mutt/fetchmail/procmail under Cygwin. I've been using
this combination very successfully for about a year. The corruption
problem that I *had* after upgrading to Window 2000 is the only serious
problem that I have encountered.
Jason
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