GNU bug report logs - #37804
getmail service documentation error?

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Reported by: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 07:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>

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From: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 37804 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37804: getmail service documentation error?
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:47:11 +0100

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pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

> The documentation of the getmail service’s delete_after setting is
> confusing and appears to contradict upstream documentation at
> <http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/configuration.html>.
>
> I am not sure, but the code in the getmail file in the getmail source
> code also appears to call destination.deliver_message before deleting,
> in agreement with upstream.
>
> Can someone with knowledge check?  Shall I push the attached patch?

The change and patch looks reasonable to me.

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