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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-08-22 22:59:05 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-08-22 22:59:05 +0000
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Added support for RFC-1725-compliant servers with UIDL and without LAST.
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@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ before retrieving new messages.
.B \-f pathname, --poprc pathname
Specify an alternate name for the .poprc file.
.TP
+.B \-i pathname, --idfile pathname
+Specify an alternate name for the .popids file.
+.TP
.B \-k, --keep
Keep retrieved messages in folder on remote mailserver. Normally, messages
are deleted from the folder on the mailserver after they have been retrieved
@@ -530,6 +533,13 @@ was written by Carl Harris at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University (a.k.a. Virginia Tech). Version 3.0 was extensively improved
by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and is now maintained by esr..
.PP
+.SH FILES
+.TP 5
+~/.poprc
+default configuration file
+~/.popids
+default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen
+(used only with newer RFC1725-compliant servers supporting the UIDL command).
.SH BUGS
.PP
The --version option doesn't display MDA arguments.
@@ -542,6 +552,8 @@ dies after the first delivery. To cope with this, in daemon mode the
delivery mode is automatically switched to append-and-lock if sendmail
is the selected delivery agent. This needs to be fixed.
.PP
+The UIDL support for RFC1725-compliant servers is not yet well tested.
+.PP
No IMAP or RPOP support yet.
.PP
Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to Eric S. Raymond
@@ -553,4 +565,5 @@ must now be specified either manually or in your
.I ~/.poprc
file.
.SH SEE ALSO
-mail(1), binmail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8), RFC 937, RFC 1225.
+mail(1), binmail(1), sendmail(8), popd(8),
+RFC 937, RFC 1081, RFC 1082, RFC 1225, RFC 1460, RFC 1725.