Re: tlug: fetchmail flushes flushing Laszlo's career down the drain?

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull (turnbull@example.com) wrote:

> <whee-ee-eedle>
> _Jonathan_ could arrange for GOL to reject those messages.  Then it
> wouldn't be Tony that's the troublemaker, but the industry-leading
> ISP.
> </whee-ee-eedle>
> 
> ;-)  Of course he can't do that, but it's fun to think about.

It sure is fun :-), but think about it is all I can do.  I agree that just
bouncing mail with double-byte mangled From: would be the Right
Thing, but not from a staying-in-business standpoint.  People
just want their mail, so we have to accept it.

There's a thing called Getmail (haven't tried it) that's intended
as a replacement for Fetchmail.  Maybe that will be more willing
to accept mangled mail than Fetchmail.  Search on Freshmeat.

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