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From: Peter Humphrey <peter@prh.myzen.co.uk>
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On Sunday, 15 October 2023 03:43:00 BST William Kenworthy wrote:
> On 14/10/23 21:28, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Saturday, 14 October 2023 12:26:29 BST I wrote:
> >> Perhaps I should switch to getmail...
> > 
> > On the other hand, I'd prefer to stick with fetchmail for my Zen POP3
> > account, since it's working well. Then I could use getmail to fetch my
> > gmail mail. Would that be safe?
> > 
> > If it works I could move Zen mail to getmail later, at my leisure.
> > (That's the only sort of time I have these days... :( )
> 
> getmail works fine with gmail - just follow their instructions to configure.

I'm sure it does - just not for me. I've followed Google's instructions to the 
letter, but still no joy.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.