Re: [fetchmail-users] After reading the FAQ, a question about lost/mangled attachments

[Jakob H. <jh...@pl...>]

Peter N. Spotts wrote:

> Hmmm...this is interesting. It would imply that when email clients run
> pop3 and pull the email in directly, they already have a fetchall-like
> function active? Otherwise, why would all attachments of any size arrive

The difference is simply that fetchmail (ab)uses TOP by default to
retrieve mail, while usual MUAs use the standard mechanism of RETR.
Nevertheless, Comcast's POP3 server is plain broken if he allows TOP but
truncates messages with it.