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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-01-05 20:39:50 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2001-01-05 20:39:50 +0000
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ is a mail-retrieval and forwarding utility; it fetches
mail from remote mailservers and forwards it to your local (client)
machine's delivery system. You can then handle the retrieved mail
using normal mail user agents such as \fIelm\fR(1) or \fIMail\fR(1).
-The \fBfetchmail\fR utility can be run in a daemon mode to repeatedly
+The \fIfetchmail\fR utility can be run in a daemon mode to repeatedly
poll one or more systems at a specified interval.
.PP
The
@@ -412,11 +412,9 @@ overrides any limits set in your run control file. While
after receiving the message terminator, some SMTP listeners are not so
prompt. MTAs like \fIqmail\fR(8) and \fIsmail\fR(8) may wait till the
delivery socket is shut down to deliver. This may produce annoying
-delays when
-.I fetchmail
-is processing very large batches. Setting the batch limit to some
-nonzero size will prevent these delays.
-This option does not work with ETRN.
+delays when \fIfetchmail\fR is processing very large batches. Setting
+the batch limit to some nonzero size will prevent these delays. This
+option does not work with ETRN.
.TP
.B -B <number>, --fetchlimit <number>
(Keyword: fetchlimit)
@@ -579,10 +577,11 @@ line. The major reason for this is to prevent mail loops. To set up
qmail to batch mail for a disconnected site the ISP-mailhost will have
normally put that site in its `Virtualhosts' control file so it will
add a prefix to all mail addresses for this site. This results in mail
-sent to 'username@userhost.userdom.dom.com' having a
+.\" The \&@\& tries to stop HTML converters from making a mailto URL here.
+sent to 'username\&@\&userhost.userdom.dom.com' having a
\&`Delivered-To:' line of the form:
.sp
-Delivered-To: mbox-userstr-username@userhost.userdom.dom.com
+Delivered-To: mbox-userstr-username\&@\&userhost.userdom.dom.com
.sp
The ISP can make the 'mbox-userstr-' prefix anything they choose
but a string matching the user host name is likely.