-add error message for missing mboxrd file. Thanks: Marco Ferra.
-change handling of connection that dies vs. deleted messages.
Thanks: Thomas Schwinge.
4.0.7:
-change failure of a message filter to produce at least as many mail headers
as it was provided from a fatal to a non-fatal error. The message will
be skipped. Thanks: Payal Rathod.
-a few non-conformant IMAP4 servers don't implement SEARCH, so getmail
couldn't get a list of UIDs. Changed to use FETCH instead.
Thanks: Matthias Andree.
-prevent traceback if IMAP SSL connection closed during connect().
Thanks: Payal Rathod.
-add warning if unknown parameters are supplied to a retriever, filter,
or destination.
-write subclasses of Python imaplib classes to work around missing
UIDVALIDITY select() response. Add it to the state getmail keeps.
Thanks: Matthias Andree.
-move message state saving to later, so getmail doesn't falsely remember
having handled a message. Thanks: Matthias Andree.
-change location of documentation/man pages to
<prefix>/share/{doc/getmail,man}/ to be more comformant with the FHS.
-documentation updates
4.0.8:
-add an extra error message if you ask getmail to deliver to a maildir,
but getmail can't check the contents of it due to permissions.
Thanks: Clemens Buschmann.
-fix breakage introduced in 4.0.7: getmail would forget a message was "seen"
after a cycle of not retrieving it. Thanks: Payal Rathod.
differences from previous versions:
getmail version 4 has been completely rewritten. It is designed to
closely mimic the interface and user experience of getmail version
3, but the new architecture necessitates some differences you will
notice:
* the getmail rc file (configuration file) format has changed. If
you are upgrading from version 3, you will need to write a new
configuration file based on the contents of your old one. The
new file format resembles the old in many ways. Each account you
retrieve mail from will require a separate rc file, but getmail
can operate with multiple rc files simultaneously if you wish to
retrieve mail from multiple accounts.
* support for protocols other than POP3/SPDS. IMAP support is now
included, and other protocols can be added with relative ease.
* support for SSL-encrypted protocols. The included POP3 and IMAP
retriever classes are complemented by SSL-enabled counterparts.
* messages can be filtered or annotated by external programs like
spam filters and anti-Microsoft-worm programs. Filters can cause
messages to be dropped completely.
* a flexible, extensible architecture. Additional classes for
handling new mail protocols, filter types, or destination mailstores
can be added without needing to modify the main script at all.
Feel free to contact me if you need a custom retriever, filter,
or destination class written, or if you want commercial support
for getmail.
18 April 2001
-add additional exception handling for POP3 protocol errors (server bugs) and
socket errors after connect (network errors). Thanks to Jesper Andersen for
the bug report.
-add additional log message to make diagnosis of server problems easier.
Apparently Mandrake Linux v.7.2 ships with a very broken POP3 server;
several users sent me traces which I tracked down to gross violations of
the POP3 protocol (RFC1939).
o remove patch-aa, we can do substitution using sed
o move getmailrc-example to standard place (PREFIX/share/examples),
thus removing pkg/MESSAGE
(it suggested taking a look at PREFIX/doc/getmail/getmailrc-example
getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves mail
(either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more POP3 servers
for one or more email accounts, and reliably delivers into a qmail-style
Maildir (or mbox file) specified on a per-account basis. It also has support
for domain (multidrop) mailboxes.
Package submitted by Tomasz Luchowski in PR pkg/11929.
