Re: getmail failing for messages with invalid uncode

Dear Colleagues,

Until the tines of the fork reach an agreement on the issues of naming
and software quality (or forever, should no agreement ever be reached),
I believe that some of the troubles of the fork can be avoided through
an easier and less controversial approach. This approach requires
a small amount of work on getmail6 and no new work on getmail.



So long as Roland & al. will continue to maintain a fork named
"getmail6", I propose they adjust getmail6 to encourage getmail6 users
to convene in the correct venues.

I believe that this can be accomplished with relatively little work for
Roland & al. and will save trouble for everyone, most importantly
for Charles; if getmail6 users can be directed to the correct discussion
venues, or at least if they avoid accidentally using getmail support,
then we will avoid the confusion that prompted the present thread.

This approach could be realized through a message to the following
effect in beginning of the getmail6 help text, in the beginning of other
documentation, and in the beginning of error messages.

  This is getmail6. Please report issues here.
  https://github.com/getmail6/getmail6/issues

  Full documentation is here.
  https://getmail6.org/documentation.html

Other techniques are possible; Roland & al. could try a few techniques
and interview people to see what works.

I pray that the Honorable Charles Cazabon and Mr Roland Puntaier have
faith in my best sentiments.

Thomas