Changes:
Version 3.1.1
14 March 2003
-Add additional info to message log (msg #, msg count, size) "new msg"
status line. Thanks to Payal Rathod for the feature request.
Version 3.1.0
21 February 2003
-Rename the recipient_header directive to "envelope_recipient". There was
simply too much confusion about it. Sorry, but you'll have to update
your getmailrc file and rename this directive if you're using it. This
version was going to be 3.0.5, but this change necessitates bumping the
version up to 3.1.0.
-Include separate callable program for mbox delivery. The program,
getmail_mbox, is based on the mbox delivery code in getmail version
2.3. It assumes mboxrd format and flock locking; if other programs
on your system expect a different subtype of mbox format or use a different
locking method, you can corrupt your mbox file. Use at your own risk.
You can use this in a command delivery target from getmail
as "|/path/to/getmail_mbox /path/to/mboxfile" .
-In a similar vein, include separate callable program for maildir delivery.
The program, getmail_maildir, uses the same maildir delivery code as
getmail. You can use this in a command delivery target from getmail
as "|/path/to/getmail_maildir /path/to/maildir/" . This is mostly useful
if you want to deliver to a maildir after doing something else to the message,
and can be used in place of safecat.
-Add message filtering. You can now pass messages through arbitrary
filters before delivery; specify one or more message_filter directives,
each of which is a command and arguments. The filter(s) should read the
message from stdin, write to stdout, and exit 0 for success, 99 to drop
the message in the bitbucket, and anything else to indicate an error.
No docs for this yet.
-getmail could drop the final newline when delivering to Maildirs in
some circumstances. Thanks to Jason Mastaler for the report and testing.
Version 3.0.4
20 February 2003
-Catch a user incorrectly specifying two values for recipient_header.
Thanks to Francisco Stefano Wechsler for the report.
-Update ConfParser to version 3.3, designed to make it easier to catch
user configuration errors.
-Update configuration-handling code to use new features of ConfParser 3.3
above, report configuration errors more clearly. Thanks to Francisco
Stefano Wechsler for the report which got me looking at this.
-Add explicit check for recipient_header specifying a known-incorrect
value. Thanks to Edward Davis for the report that got me looking at this.
-Move some sanity checks around to report errors earlier.
Version 3.0.3
14 February 2003
-Missing import in getmail_utilities.py affected those who let getmail
prompt them for a password. Thanks to Francisco Stefano Wechsler for the
report.
Version 3.0.2
14 February 2003
-My editor let CR LF line endings into getmail_utilities.py ; this caused
problems for at least one person. Thanks to Francisco Stefano Wechsler
for the report. Now fixed.
Version 3.0.1
13 February 2003
-Have getmail report an error if local directives are specified but getmail
is not operating in multidrop mode (through either of the "use_*env" or
"recipient_header" directives). Thanks to Gerwin Krist for reporting that
this was not obvious.
Version 3.0.0
10 February 2003
-Updated to version 1.23 of Timothy O'Malley's timeoutsocket.py
from http://www.timo-tasi.org/python/timeoutsocket.py
-not all configuration errors were being caught in ConfParser. Updated
ConfParser as a result; thanks to Christian Pelster for reporting and testing
this.
-Move lots of code around. Much has been moved into separate files.
Much other code has been cleaned up.
-Add support for Demon's SPDS "*ENV" command for domain mailboxes.
Thanks to Paul Clifford for the request and the pointer to Demon's
explanation of this protocol extension, submission of a patch to
getmail 2.3.x for this feature, and for a testing 3.0 in its pre-release
state. Paul also submitted several patches during pre-release testing
which I accepted.
-Change main delivery loop; individual message delivery failures are
not considered fatal errors any more. The messages will be left on the
server and retried.
-Remove mbox delivery code. Use an external MDA for this; for safety
and reliability, all mbox-delivery programs on a system have to be compiled
to use the same method of mbox locking in any case. I don't use mbox
files at all.
-Simplify handling of oldmail data files.
-Domain mailboxes are now only supported with explicit configuration of
a header field which records the envelope recipient address or with *ENV.
This removes a lot of code and makes the logic simpler.
-Remove duplicate filtering option. Use an external MDA for this.
-Change maildir delivery algorithm; getmail will now try up to three times
to generate a valid, unique name in maildir/tmp/, sleeping two seconds
between tries as recommended by djb. This code is also now moved into
an independant function in getmail_utilities.py for easier use by others.
The file naming convention has changed to djb's "modern delivery
identifiers".
extension Makefile fragments, because they really don't have anything to
do with the buildlink[12] frameworks. Change all the Makefiles that use
application.buildlink.mk and extension.buildlink.mk to use application.mk
and extension.mk instead.
News:
Version 2.1.3
3 August 2001
-change handling of command delivery. Verification of existent command
is smarter; arguments won't cause problems now. Remove duplicate code.
Version 2.1.2
1 August 2001
-getmail will now check the permissions on your getmailrc file, and refuse
to run if the file is group- or world-writable. Thanks to Fredrik Steen for
the request.
Version 2.1.1
29 June 2001
-add "no_received" option, similar to no_delivered_to, at request of getmail
user Nigel Cunningham.
-got rid of some trailing tabs in ConfigParser.py after a report from
Fredrik Steen -- they're harmless, but unclean. Fredrik is also in the
process of packaging getmail for use in Debian. Thanks, Fredrik.
-changed the default path to the getmail library dir from /usr/local/lib/...
to /usr/lib/... . This only affects the getmail wrapper script; if you're
using that, you may have to edit your copy, or change where you install the
files to.
Changes:
-fix the "blank lines output, even in quiet mode" problem which caused cron
to send email every time getmail was run. Thanks to Errol Casey for finding
the cause.
-Handle user aborting getmail better.
-Remove dead parameter from message_add_info()
-move file locking to separate functions
-add file locking around handling of oldmail file
-move regular expression objects into a dictionary
-add ability to deliver to a command (pipe delivery) like maildrop or
procmail. getmail won't do this if it's running as root.
Changes:
-remove dead code
-fix bug in example getmailrc file. Thanks to John Gennard for spotting this.
There was an instance of an empty option value left over from before this was
an issue.
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.
