Re: [fetchmail-users] "requires envelope option!"

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 8/28/07, Matthias Andree <mat...@gm...> wrote:
>
> I've long since pondered requiring an explicit multidrop keyword in the
> next major fetchmail version, and complaining about multiple destination
> addresses without that magic "multidrop" keyword.
>
> While fetchmail's implicit "understanding" of the verbose rcfiles may be
> useful, I more often than not think that fetchmail does far too many things
> automatically under the hood -- and personally I detest such kind of
> surprise...

That's not a bad idea, presumably in the user section, maybe
"multidrop user" vs "user" (or explicitly "singledrop user")?  Of
course, you could (ab)use the Envelope option that way - without it
the mailbox is singledrop and multiple recipients generates an error.

Mind you if you're going down the route of re-working the parsing
logic how about moving the SSL options from the user section to the
server section, which IMO makes far more sense (after all, the
fingerprint is per-server).  Of course, there may be some value in
moving to a new format (and providing a tool to migrate) to enforce a
more logical configuration format.

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