On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 17:02:22 +0300 Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> wrote:
> Hi. > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 01:31:19PM +0000, mick crane wrote: > > > this was just a quick heads-up for those who are stuck > > > on getmail like i am (and quite happy with it). :) > > > > > > > as far as getmail goes maintainer thinks is an unnecessary panic. > > > > ""getmail goes out of official support by my distro" may be a theoretical > > problem, or a philosophical one, but it it certainly is not a significant > > practical problem. > > Indeed. Switch back to fetchmail, because the less you're depending on > python and the software that uses it - the better ;) Here's the getmail author's opinion of why getmail is preferable to fetchmail: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/faq.html#faq-about-why Doubtless opinionated, and certainly dated, but would you or anyone else here care to comment? Celejar