On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 10:45:23AM -0400, songbird wrote: > Reco wrote: > ... > > Indeed. Switch back to fetchmail, because the less you're depending on > > python and the software that uses it - the better ;) > > i never used fetchmail so that wouldn't be a > "switching back" and since i already have my setup > working as i want for getmail6 why would i bother > doing more work for no gain?
Because python. Be it python 2 or python 3 - it's (in)famous for one thing - lack of backwards compatibility. Sooner or later they replace python 3.8 (current sid) with, say, python 3.9 - and the things will break again. Because they did on 3.7->3.8 transition, did before that on 3.6->3.7 transition and this list goes long way back. Reco