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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2000-03-13 21:03:11 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2000-03-13 21:03:11 +0000
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We now match suffixes.
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@@ -1398,7 +1398,11 @@ optimization hack that allows you to trade space for speed. When
.IR fetchmail ,
while processing a multidrop mailbox, grovels through message headers
looking for names of the mailserver, pre-declaring common ones can
-save it from having to do DNS lookups.
+save it from having to do DNS lookups. Note: the names you give
+as arguments to `aka' are matched as suffixes -- if you specify
+(say) `aka netaxs.com', this will match not just a hostnamed
+netaxs.com, but any hostname that ends with `.netaxs.com'; such as
+(say) pop3.netaxs.com and mail.netaxs.com.
.PP
The `localdomains' option allows you to declare a list of domains
which fetchmail should consider local. When fetchmail is parsing