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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-08-07 16:42:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-08-07 16:42:56 +0000 |
| commit | 590d575e53ec9818122c124d5765b6343765776a (patch) | |
| tree | 27c1ae49d9f58021dde59c9887cf2d90d8e73f7e | |
| parent | 56a3e46bc09534a680cf5feeeb3abdc86cf4af3e (diff) | |
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Note about mixing server and user options.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 957f54d9..46d487bc 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ delimiters in strings. .PP Each server entry consists of one of the keywords `poll' or `skip', followed by a server name, followed by server options, followed by any -number of user descriptions. +number of user descriptions. Note: the most common cause of syntax +errors is mixing up user and server options. .PP For backward compatibility, the word `server' is a synonym for `poll'. .PP @@ -818,6 +819,8 @@ syslog \& T{ Do error logging through syslog(3). T} .TE +.PP +Remember that all user options must \fIfollow\fR all server options. .SS Keywords Not Corresponding To Option Switches .PP The `folder' and `smtphost' options (unlike their command-line |