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On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 12:54:13AM +0000, Thomas wrote in |
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<20201015005421.3AE0BE098A@×××××××××××××.org>: |
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>I didn't know getmail was deprecated, but haven't used getmail in a long time. |
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>Maybe deprecated because of using Python 2.x which is deprecated? Or did they/could they port to Python 3.x? |
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Hi Thomas, |
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Getmail has been removed from Gentoo because it was 2.x only indeed. See |
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https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/message/e6e2aad22bc828eb877ffa06219bb8c2 |
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Upstream has not made support for Python 3.* a priority and as such getmail has |
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been forked into a version which does work with Python 3.*, see |
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http://www.getmail6.org/ |
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>I use mpop and msmtp but am considering other possibilities including mutt. |
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>I want to keep email in a format that does not limit use to one particular application. |
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fetchmail and getmail are MDA's (Mail Delivery Agent), while mutt is a MUA (Mail |
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User Agent). While there is some overlap in functionality, they do serve |
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different roles. mutt can work fine with either fetchmail or getmail and is |
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happy to work with both mbox format mail files as well as maildir's. |
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BTW, you, or the MUA you currently use, somehow managed to make your message |
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respond to a different message than the one which you are quoting, which makes |
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your message show up on the incorrect thread for many clients. |
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