Re: Upgrade to fetchmail 6.5.6

On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, [email protected] wrote:

> I've read the FAQ and I have to say that my fetchmail works very fine.
> I only wonder why it includes timestamps in logs since the last
> upgrade.

Probably related to this * fetchmail, with --logfile, now logs time stamps
into the file, in localtime
   and in the format "Jun 20 23:45:01 fetchmail: ". It will be localized
through
   the environment variables LC_TIME (or LC_ALL) and TZ.
   Contributed by Holger Hoffst=E4tte.
from /home/src/ubuntu/fetchmail/fetchmail-6.5.0/NEWS

I think it is for the benefit of IMAP IDLE.
In that mode fetchmail keeps an open connection to the server
and logs whenever the server offers/pushes a new messages.

IMAP IDLE saves fetchmail from starting a new connection (including =

setting up encryption) every few minutes and allows it to be completely
idle until there is a new message.
It doesn't support more than one remote mailbox
(unless you set up separate fetchmail processes with separate configs).

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    [email protected]