Re: [fetchmail-devel] Re: Incorrect header line and lost mails

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

Matthias Andree wrote:

>> fetchmail, by default, uses first IMAP and then POP3 (protocol auto).
> Should we deprecate this "protocol" in fetchmail proper so we can
> remove it in 6.4.0?  I have a strong itch to do just that.

I second this. I'm really not a friend of such overly automagic. If
someone doesn't know which protocol to use (or even which protocol his
server uses and to find out), fetchmail is not the right tool.