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authorTim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-05-12 23:02:43 +0000
committerTim Vanderhoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>1998-05-12 23:02:43 +0000
commit34950af940b24cb653db4006b60f31b564f6a6e7 (patch)
tree8b677b12c0bf32fc60effdab3cdd0d12b0c6f4eb /mail/fetchmail
parentUpgrade to beta-17 (diff)
Add the homepage. Rephrase so it doesn't read like ad copy.
Homepage Submitted by: Ville Eerola <ville@vlsi.fi> [I take full blame for the rephrasal]
Notes
Notes: svn path=/head/; revision=10960
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Fetchmail is a full-featured IMAP/POP2/POP3/APOP/KPOP client with easy
-configuration, daemon mode, forwarding via SMTP or local MDA, superior
-reply handling. Not a mail user agent, rather a pipe-fitting that
-seamlessly forwards fetched mail to your local delivery system. Your
-one-stop solution for intermittent email connections. This is the
-lineal descendant of and replacement for the old popclient program.
+configuration, daemon mode, forwarding via SMTP or local MDA, and superior
+reply handling. It is used to handle intermittent email connections by
+acting as a coupling that seamlessly batch forwards fetched mail from your
+mail server to your local delivery system, allowing you to read your it
+with your favourite mail user agent. Fetchmail also includes useful spam
+filtering and multi-user functions.
+
+A typical use of fetchmail is to connect to your ISP's POP3 server,
+downloading your mail into the INBOX on your local computer. You may then
+read the mail, offline if you want, using Pine, mutt, or any standard mail
+user agent.
+
+Fetchmail is the lineal descendant of and replacement for the old
+popclient program.
+
+http://earthspace.net/~esr/fetchmail/