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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2005-07-23 20:06:54 +0000
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2005-07-23 20:06:54 +0000
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Put *BOLD* text into the manual page near --mda to state unmistakably
that the --mda %T and %F substitutions add single quotes, hoping to avoid bogus bug reports such as Debian Bug #224564. svn path=/trunk/; revision=4175
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@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ be comma-separated.
.B \-m <command> | \-\-mda <command>
(Keyword: mda) You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly
(rather than forwarded to port 25) with the --mda or -m option. To
-avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like procmail or
+avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like maildrop, procmail or
sendmail that return a nonzero status on disk-full and other
resource-exhaustion errors; the nonzero status tells fetchmail that
delivery failed and prevents the message from being deleted off the
@@ -450,14 +450,15 @@ and "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" (but the latter is usually redundant as
it's what SMTP listeners normally forward to). Local delivery
addresses will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a
%T; the mail message's From address will be inserted where you place
-an %F. In both cases the addresses are enclosed in single quotes ('),
+an %F. \fBDO NOT ENCLOSE THE %F OR %T STRING IN SINGLE QUOTES!\fR For
+both %T and %F, fetchmail encloses the addresses in single quotes ('),
after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA
-command is passed to the shell. Do \fInot\fR use an MDA invocation
+command is passed to the shell. Do \fINOT\fR use an MDA invocation
like "sendmail -i -t" that dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it
will create mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters
down upon your head. Also, do \fInot\fR try to combine multidrop
-mode with an MDA such as procmail that can only accept one addressee;
-you will lose.
+mode with an MDA such as procmail that can only accept one address;
+you will lose mail.
.TP
.B \-\-lmtp
(Keyword: lmtp)