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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-01-16 17:51:55 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-01-16 17:51:55 +0000
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Feature clarification.
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@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ major new features since 2.0:
** Transaction and error logging may optionally be done via syslog.
+ ** (Linux only) Security option to permit fetchmail to poll a host
+ only when a point-to-point link to a particular IP address is up.
+
There have also been numerous improvements in multidrop mailbox handling.
Under many circumstances fetchmail can now determine a mail message's
envelope address from its headers, making multidrop forwarding more reliable.
@@ -46,14 +49,11 @@ pop-perl5-1.2, popc, popmail-1.6 and upop) are marked with **.
means the retrieved mail automatically goes to the system
default MDA as if it were normal sender-initiated SMTP mail.
- ** Timeout if server connection is dropped.
+ ** Configurable timeout to detect if server connection is dropped.
** Support for retrieving and forwarding from multi-drop mailboxes
that is guaranteed not to cause mail loops.
- ** (Linux only) Security option to permit fetchmail to run only
- when an interface to a particular IP address is up.
-
* Easy control via command line or free-format run control file.
* Daemon mode -- fetchmail can be run in background to poll