<s>
Fetchmail	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
utility	O
for	O
POSIX-compliant	O
operating	O
systems	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
retrieve	O
e-mail	O
from	O
a	O
remote	O
POP3	B-Protocol
,	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
ODMR	B-Protocol
mail	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
local	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
chief	O
significance	O
is	O
perhaps	O
that	O
its	O
author	O
,	O
Eric	O
S	O
.	O
Raymond	O
,	O
used	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
model	O
to	O
discuss	O
his	O
theories	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
in	O
a	O
widely	O
read	O
and	O
influential	O
essay	O
on	O
software	O
development	O
methodologies	O
The	O
Cathedral	O
and	O
the	O
Bazaar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
design	O
,	O
Fetchmail	B-Protocol
's	O
only	O
means	O
of	O
delivering	O
messages	O
is	O
by	O
submitting	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
local	O
MTA/Message	O
transfer	O
agent	O
or	O
invoking	O
a	O
mail	B-Protocol
delivery	I-Protocol
agent	I-Protocol
like	O
procmail	B-Protocol
,	O
maildrop	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
sendmail	B-Application
;	O
delivering	O
directly	O
to	O
mail	O
folders	O
such	O
as	O
maildir	O
is	O
not	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dan	O
Bernstein	O
,	O
getmail	B-Protocol
creator	O
Charles	O
Cazabon	O
and	O
FreeBSD	O
developer	O
Terry	O
Lambert	O
,	O
have	O
criticized	O
Fetchmail	B-Protocol
's	O
design	O
,	O
its	O
number	O
of	O
security	O
holes	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
prematurely	O
put	O
into	O
"	O
maintenance	O
mode	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
team	O
of	O
maintainers	O
took	O
over	O
Fetchmail	B-Protocol
development	O
,	O
and	O
laid	O
out	O
development	O
plans	O
that	O
broke	O
with	O
design	O
decisions	O
that	O
Eric	O
Raymond	O
had	O
made	O
in	O
earlier	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
