From 5402d00be02978d0c452fbac12f82308fc8d74fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florent Daigniere <nextgens@freenetproject.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:17:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Maybe fix fetchmail when used with pop3

---
 optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py     | 2 +-
 towncrier/newsfragments/2928.bugfix | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 towncrier/newsfragments/2928.bugfix

diff --git a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
index 35b2ee22..8fad8926 100755
--- a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
+++ b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def run(debug):
                 username=escape_rc_string(fetch["username"]),
                 password=escape_rc_string(fetch["password"]),
                 options=options,
-                folders=folders,
+                folders='' if fetch['protocol'].lower().startswith('pop') else folders,
                 lmtp='' if fetch['scan'] else 'lmtp',
             )
             if debug:
diff --git a/towncrier/newsfragments/2928.bugfix b/towncrier/newsfragments/2928.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23bf644b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/towncrier/newsfragments/2928.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix fetchmail when used with POP3: disregard "folders"