Re: [fetchmail-users] [Fwd: fetchmail problem]]

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

On 10/24/07, av...@ph... <av...@ph...> wrote:
> This is easy for you to say, but considering our customers are somewhat lame and
> hardly knows what FTP means (and those who use it, use explorer), this is the
> easiest and simplest method for them to pass on jobs.
>
> I don't understand one thing - are you here to help me with a bug or tell me how
> to run a company?

You're not paying me to help you - I do this on my own time, so feel
free to lose the attitude.

> I am asking for help on something that others have occured too and not just me -
> if you can put your opinions on how things should work (and believe me - i know)
> and help me with the bug I will very much appreciate it.

To work around this (skipping emails that fail to download) with
fetchmail will require a change to the source - that isn't likely to
happen in the near future due to the remaining developer having a
life.

The only practical solutions you have are to change:

1) your ISP/mail host
2) the way people send you these documents
3) the way you receive these documents

or code up a patch to fetchmail to record failed attempts to download
emails and skip them after N failures, warning the postmaster that the
email is being skipped.

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Rob MacGregor
      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he
        doesn't become a monster.                  Friedrich Nietzsche