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[fetchmail-users] Comments on Fetchmail section of web page

[Andrew S. <and...@gm...>]

Hi,

 I have published an early version of a page that deals with setting
up an Ubuntu computer to use mutt with Gmail as a relay. Could I ask
the list for comments on the Fetchmail section:

http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/mutt.html#fetchmail

and whatever other section anybody wishes :-)

   Thanks for your trouble,

          ANdrew

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Comments on Fetchmail section of web page

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 7/2/07, Andrew Strong <and...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  I have published an early version of a page that deals with setting
> up an Ubuntu computer to use mutt with Gmail as a relay. Could I ask
> the list for comments on the Fetchmail section:
>
> http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/mutt.html#fetchmail

The use of the "sslfingerprint" option overrides any certificate
checking - it's an either-or situation.  I'd suggest not using
sslfingerprint if the sslcertck option works, particularly as
otherwise if/when your provider changes certificates you'll stop
collecting email.

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Comments on Fetchmail section of web page

[Andrew S. <and...@gm...>]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 06:54:15AM +0100, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> On 7/2/07, Andrew Strong <and...@gm...> wrote:
> >  I have published an early version of a page that deals with setting
> > up an Ubuntu computer to use mutt with Gmail as a relay. Could I ask
> > the list for comments on the Fetchmail section:
> >
> > http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/mutt.html#fetchmail
> 
> The use of the "sslfingerprint" option overrides any certificate
> checking - it's an either-or situation.  I'd suggest not using
> sslfingerprint if the sslcertck option works, particularly as
> otherwise if/when your provider changes certificates you'll stop
> collecting email.

Thanks for that. I tested _without_ the sslfingerprint option and
everything was fine. So it is dropped from my personal setup and from
the page.

But otherwise the Fetchmail section had no glaring errors?

            Andrew

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Re: [fetchmail-users] Comments on Fetchmail section of web page

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

Andrew Strong schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>  I have published an early version of a page that deals with setting
> up an Ubuntu computer to use mutt with Gmail as a relay. Could I ask
> the list for comments on the Fetchmail section:
> 
> http://people.aapt.net.au/~adjlstrong/mutt.html#fetchmail
> 
> and whatever other section anybody wishes :-)

sslcertpath /etc/ssl/certs *should* be redundant with fetchmail versions
6.3.1 and newer if the distribution installs certificates there. If you
need to specify it, file a bug report with your distributor against the
OpenSSL package that you're linking with.

Best regards
Matthias Andree