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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1998-05-25 22:27:51 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1998-05-25 22:27:51 +0000
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Document the configdump option.
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@@ -415,6 +415,16 @@ By using the option `envelope Delivered-To:' you can make fetchmail reliably
identify the original envelope recipient, but you have to strip the
`mbox-userstr-' prefix to deliver to the correct user.
This is what this option is for.
+.TP
+.B --configdump
+Parse the
+.I ~/.fetchmailrc
+file, interpret any command-line options specified, and dump a
+configuration report to standard output. The configuration report is
+a data structure assignment in the language Python. This option
+is meant to be used with an interactive
+.I ~/.fetchmailrc
+editor written in Python.
.SH USER AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION
Every mode except ETRN requires authentication of the client.