Re: [fetchmail-users] Dangerous bug: losing messages into nowhere

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

On Sun 15 Apr 2007 22:04:25 NZST +1200, Antonio Capanna wrote:

> Yes, the server sends invalid data, but IMHO fetchmail should NEVER
> lose a message (except where stated in the documentation), i.e.:
> - fetchmail understands the message -> it handles it and deletes it
> - fetchmail does not understand the message -> it forgets about it but
> does not delete it from the server. This means, it's true, that the
> message will be downloaded and discarded again all the subsequent
> times,

In this case it would also be necessary to send a warning somehow,
because you're DoS'ing yourself: ignoring the wasted traffic, eventually
your mailbox at your mail provider will be full and no more mail is
accepted for you.

Volker

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