Re: [fetchmail-users] Fetchmail vs. Getmail (from a Fetchmail perspective)

[Volker K. <hi...@pa...>]

> I wouldn't dare run fetchmail as root. It needs no privileges unless
> you're using --mda and your MDA isn't fit for setuid.

I'm running fetchmail as $USER and use --mda, piping via a short script
into procmail for delivery. However, all mail fetched with this method
is known to be destined for $USER. The reason for not delivering through
localhost:25 is that the latter badly messes up the order of fetched
mails.

As for getmail, I installed, I tried, I got rid of it again. Too
immature, diabolical ssl support. That was however I think 3 years ago.
Getmail would have be rather a lot better to get me away from a tried
and time-proven fetchmail setup.

Volker

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