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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-10 21:20:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2001-02-10 21:20:35 +0000 |
| commit | ad89715a43c50c3d50409730318c42ba9dc96d3f (patch) | |
| tree | 12a34e96650cef80cd8d6212c4238a9af2a53766 /fetchmail-FAQ.html | |
| parent | 53813c522b794b61c7080c40f95a1043912b2dcb (diff) | |
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Dave Zarzycki's fixes.
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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e0f47e9a..51c58ad1 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/07 08:01:08 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/10 21:20:33 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#F2">F2. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my all-numeric user name.</a><br> <a href="#F3">F3. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my host or username beginning with `no'.</a><br> <a href="#F4">F4. I'm getting a `parse error' message I don't understand.</a><br> -<a href="#F5">F5. The %h and %p escapes aren't being interporated correctly.</a><br> <h1>Configuration questions:</h1> @@ -806,30 +805,6 @@ Unfortunately, they're necessary in order to allow the `defaults' feature to work.<P> <hr> -<h2><a name="F5">F5. The %h and %p escapes aren't being interporated correctly.</a></h2> - -Note that %h and %p are only recognized as placeholders if they are a -single word each; you cannot use %h:%p or other interpolations that -aren't space-delimited. If you happen to need such a thing, write a -wrapper. For example, in .fetchmailrc you can add this line:<p> - -<pre> -plugin 'mywrap.sh %h %p' -</pre> - -With mywrap.sh containing:<p> - -<pre> -#! /bin/sh -if test $# -ne 2 ; then - echo "usage: `basename $0` <host> <port>" - exit 1 -fi -exec openssl 2>/dev/null s_client -connect $1:$2 -quiet -exit 2 # never reached unless openssl fails -</pre> - -<hr> <h2><a name="C1">C1. Why do I need a .fetchmailrc when running as root on my own machine?</a></h2> Ian T. Zimmerman <itz@rahul.net> asked:<p> @@ -2991,7 +2966,7 @@ switching to IMAP and using a short expunge interval.<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/07 08:01:08 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2001/02/10 21:20:33 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |