Re: getmail failing for messages with invalid uncode

Thomas Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> fork named "getmail6", I propose they adjust getmail6 to encourage getmail6
> users to convene in the correct venues.

The "getmail6" documentation already clearly says this.

> I believe [...] 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.

That's nice, in a theoretical sense.  In practice it does not.  Human nature
being what it is, users do not follow documentation, do not follow program
output, do not follow instructions in general.

When they hit a problem, they web-search the name of the program -- in this
case, getmail, as users ignore version numbers -- and either take the solution
from the first StackExchange result cargo-cult style, or contact the first
support resource they find.

That resource is me or my mailing list.

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

Your idea is nice, but it does not correlate to how users act in reality.
Cows are not spherical.

Charles
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