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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:12:39 GMT, Black Dragon <bd@thedragons.lair> wrote:
> 
> 
> Alan Connor wrote:
> 
>> I checked to see whether fetchmail downloads oversized  mail before deleting
>> it, and it doesn't. Here are the strings from my packet logger for fetchmail
>> checking for new mail in a POP mailbox with only one, oversized mail in it:
>> The size limit set in fetchmail is 20K.
> 
> FYI, there isn't any size limit in fetchmail unless it is configured to use
> one.
> 

Yes. I know. How else could I have done what I did above if I didn't know
that? Fetchmail doesn't do anything unless it is configured to do it. A
blank fetchmailrc will not get your mail down.

I've been deleting mails from strangers over 20K for a long time with
fetchmail. It's a great way to kill spam: No one I want to know would
send a mail that large to me on the first contact. If they want to
at a later date, then there are simple ways to arrange it.


> From the fetchmail man page;
> {
>  -l <maxbytes> | --limit <maxbytes>
>               (Keyword: limit) Takes a maximum octet size argument.  Messages 
> larger  than  this  size will not be fetched and will be left on the server 
> (in foreground sessions, the progress  messages will note  that they are 
> "oversized").  If the fetch protocol permits (in particular, under IMAP or 
> POP3 without the fetchall option) the  message  will  not  be marked seen 
> An explicit --limit of 0 overrides any limits set in your run control file.  
> This option is intended for those needing to strictly control fetch time due
> to expensive and variable phone rates.  Combined  with --flush, it can be 
> used to delete oversized messages waiting on a server.  In daemon mode, 
> oversize notifications are mailed to the calling user  (see  the  
> --warnings  option).  This option does not work with ETRN or ODMR.
> }
> 
> HTH


I appreciate the thought.


AC


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