old fetchmail

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 02 September 2013 13:56:48 Patrick Asselman did opine:

> On 2013-08-31 17:17, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > I did finally get a couple of responses, and it was suggested by one
> > party
> > that I try getmail4.  It looks as if it should be able to do the job
> > too,
> > but man pages (RTSFUM, adding Single and Up) are drivel until you go
> > online
> > to the getmail site.  There they are excellent, but printing them
> > would
> > take 150+ dbl-sided pages because there are so many links that go to
> > the
> > real meat of the matter.
> > 
> > <usual Gene banter removed>
> 
> Printing a manual is so last century! :-P

Maybe, but at my years, I find the distraction of switching screens by 
grabbing the mouse and finding the pager to do the switch to compare what 
I've typed with an example, is just that, a distraction.  It works much 
better for me with hardcopy because then only my eyes have to "switch 
screens".

> Seriously, I doubt you will need to print anything, getmail is really
> easy to setup, and if memory serves me correctly there are also a lot of
> example configs that only need minor changes in 90% of all usage cases.

That is encouraging, but the examples files are seemingly in bits & pieces, 
making it somewhat less useful when trying to get an overall picture of all 
the interactions.
 
> The getmail mailing list is low traffic but active. The software writer
> actively reads it and responds to questions, though he is not exactly
> eager to add new bling to the code (but I consider that to be a good
> thing).

So would I as long as the usual list of culprits is present and accounted 
for.
 
> Best regards,
> Patrick

Thanks Patrick.

Cheers, Gene
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