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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-04-01 04:05:05 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-04-01 04:05:05 +0000
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George Sipe's fix.
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@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ happens when you try that?)
(But fetchmail -V reports the timeout option set correctly. Are server
timeouts really broken? We must find a way to test this.)
+ Heads-up!
+
+The .poprc compatibility hack that allows your first user declaration
+per server to omit the "username" keyword. has been causing some
+confusion (see question F3 in the FAQ for details). Use of the
+feature now generates a warning to standard error. In a future
+release, probably 4.0, this hack will be removed and the leading
+`username' token required for every user entry.
+
Release Notes:
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@@ -47,7 +56,11 @@ features --
* -U option to force UIDL use under POP3 (thanks, Ingmar Baumgart).
-There are 249 people on the fetchmail-friends list.
+bugs --
+
+* George Sipe sent a fix for the --monitor code.
+
+There are 261 people on the fetchmail-friends list.
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fetchmail-3.8 (Fri Mar 7 17:34:02 EST 1997)
@@ -123,13 +136,6 @@ There are 229 people on the fetchmail-friends list.
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fetchmail-3.5 (Sat Feb 15 15:19:36 EST 1997)
-Note: The .poprc compatibility hack that allows your first user declaration
-per server to omit the "username" keyword. has been causing some confusion (see
-question F3 in the FAQ for details). Use of the feature now generates a
-warning to standard error. In a future release, probably 4.0, this hack
-will be removed and the leading `username' token required for every user
-entry.
-
features --
* The host that ETRN specifies is now set by the smtphost option.
@@ -139,6 +145,8 @@ features --
* Major FAQ reorganization and additions.
+* .poprc-style `user'-less entry now triggers a warning.
+
bugs --
* The counter referred to by the batchlimit option used to count not only