fetchmail-users

[fetchmail-users] Groupwise

[Joe A. <jo...@j4...>]

Maybe not the correct place to post this, but I am told this information is no longer accurate:

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http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#F3 

"S4. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?

The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named GroupFoolish; it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably broken. Among other things, it doesn't include a required content length in its BODY[TEXT] response.

Fetchmail works around this problem, but we strongly recommend voting with your dollars for a server that isn't brain-dead."
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I am far from an IMAP expert. 

joe a.

Re: [fetchmail-users] Groupwise

[Matthias A. <mat...@gm...>]

Joe Acquisto schrieb:
> Maybe not the correct place to post this, but I am told this information is no longer accurate:
> 
> **********************************************
> http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#F3 
> 
> "S4. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?
> 
> The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named GroupFoolish; it is (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably broken. Among other things, it doesn't include a required content length in its BODY[TEXT] response.
> 
> Fetchmail works around this problem, but we strongly recommend voting with your dollars for a server that isn't brain-dead."
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So in what respect is it sill broken, in what respect has it been fixed
by Novell, and what is the oldest version that talks proper IMAP?

TIA
MA

Re: [fetchmail-users] Groupwise

[Joe A. <jo...@j4...>]

Matthias Andree <mat...@gm...> Wrote on: 3/26/2007 12:47 PM:
> Joe Acquisto schrieb:
>> Maybe not the correct place to post this, but I am told this information is 
>> no longer accurate:
>> 
>> **********************************************
>> http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#F3 
>> 
>> "S4. How can I use fetchmail with Novell GroupWise?
>> 
>> The Novell GroupWise IMAP server would be better named GroupFoolish; it is 
>> (according to the designer of IMAP) unusably broken. Among other things, it 
>> doesn't include a required content length in its BODY[TEXT] response.
>> 
>> Fetchmail works around this problem, but we strongly recommend voting with 
>> your dollars for a server that isn't brain-dead."
>> **********************************************
> 
> So in what respect is it sill broken, in what respect has it been fixed
> by Novell, and what is the oldest version that talks proper IMAP?
> 
> TIA
> MA

I've no idea, myself.  I am forwarding a copy of this to a GW admin's list, hoping for an answer.

joe a.