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Re: fetchmail

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	Hi.

On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 07:05:48PM +0000, Glenn English wrote:
> It seems that fetchmail doesn't exist in Buster (Buster's apt and
> aptitude say it doesn't exist -- aptitude in Stretch shows a package).

True. The reason for the removal was #768843, currently fixed in
experimental only.


> This means I can't use Mutt if my email is in a box on the other side
> of the LAN?

getmail, plain IMAP/POP3, ssh tunnel, even using SMTP the way it was
intended - there are many alternatives.


> Anybody know: am I wrong somehow; why fetchmail went away; if Buster'd
> be upset with the Stretch package?

Looking at the dependencies I don't see anything stretch-specific here.
I'd be wary of "sslproto" stanza, but that's it.

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fetchmail Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 20:10 +0100
  Re: fetchmail Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-11-18 20:20 +0100
  Re: fetchmail Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-18 20:20 +0100
  Re: fetchmail Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> - 2018-11-18 20:30 +0100
  Re: fetchmail Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-18 21:00 +0100
    Re: fetchmail Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-11-18 21:30 +0100
      Re: fetchmail Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-18 21:50 +0100
        Re: fetchmail Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 01:10 +0100
          Re: fetchmail Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2018-11-19 01:40 +0100
            Re: fetchmail mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-11-19 09:10 +0100
              Re: fetchmail Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2018-11-19 13:20 +0100
      Re: fetchmail Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2018-11-18 22:20 +0100

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