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

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

Volker Kuhlmann <hi...@pa...> writes:

>> > And the getmail'ers claim that fetchmail is loosing all the times mails...
>> > Realy weired; - after 7 years of fetchmail usage!
>> 
>> Author, Date, Subject, URL?
>
> Author: Charles Cazabon  (yep!)
> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 21:05:47 -0600
> Private mail to me, saying that getmail is better than fetchmail because
> it wouldn't lose mail or cause bogus bounces in its default
> configuration. He was unable to give specifics though when probed, but
> liked to rant against fetchmail. Personally I found this the best he
> said in the email exchange: "You're free not to use getmail." And I
> don't. :)

Thanks.  FUD, how very surprising - the usual bullshit spread by DJB
disciples when they are promoting(*) their software: badmouth everything
else.  I wish they'd rather give their user fair and unbiased
information so the user can make an informed choice.

OTOH, we've had fetchmail 6.3.X releases since then, which fixed many of
the annoying 6.2.X (and older) bugs.

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(*) and the "you're free not to use it" doesn't invalidate neither the
    promotion per se nor their compulsion to evangelize...

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Matthias Andree