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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-12-18 05:06:19 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1996-12-18 05:06:19 +0000
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Added `fetchlimit'.
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@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Takes a maximum octet size argument. Messages larger than this size
will not be fetched, not be marked seen, and will be left on the
server (in foreground sessions, the progress messages will note that
they are "oversized"). The --all option overrides this one. This
-option is intended for those need to strictly control fetch time
+option is intended for those needing to strictly control fetch time
in interactive mode. It may not be used with daemon mode,
as users would never receive a notification that messages were waiting.
.TP
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ shut down to deliver. This may produce annoying delays when
is processing very large batches. Setting the batch limit to some
nonzero size will prevent these delays.
.TP
+.B -R, --fetchlimit
+Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single
+poll. By default there is no limit.
+.TP
.B \-V, --version
Displays the version information for your copy of
.I fetchmail.
@@ -461,6 +465,8 @@ Legal user options are
noflush
nofetchall
norewrite
+ limit
+ fetchlimit
.PP
All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except
four: `aka', `is', `to', `password', and `envelope'.