[ale] fetchmail or getmail?

[Jim Kinney]

Nope. qmail is a mail _server_. Both fetchmail and getmail are mail
retrievers. Different class of tool. Used to pull email from a remote server
to a local smtp server.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:

> Does that mean that qmail = "old and busted?"
>
> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > fetchmail = tried and true, known to work
> > getmail = new hotness, known to work
> >
> > test both and give your opinion here :-)
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:54 AM, James Moore <d2ove4deb at bellsouth.net
> > <mailto:d2ove4deb at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     Since y'all have so generously rescued me from my recent disaster,
> am
> >     going to step into the murky water again.  Which is the better way
> >     to go
> >     fetchmail or get mail.
> >
> >     Jim Moore
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> >
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