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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1998-08-02 18:43:17 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1998-08-02 18:43:17 +0000
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Eliminate agethostbyname call in non-ETRN modes.
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@@ -220,10 +220,11 @@ Specify a hunt list of hosts to forward mail to (one or more
hostnames, comma-separated). In ETRN mode, set the host that the
mailserver is asked to ship mail to. Hosts are tried in list order;
the first one that is up becomes the forwarding or ETRN target for the
-current run. In all modes except ETRN, `localhost' is added to the
-end of the list as an invisible default. Each hostname may have a
-'/'-delimited suffix specifying a port or service to forward to; the
-default is 25 (or "smtp" under IPv6).
+current run. In ETRN mode, the FQDN of the machine running fetchmail
+is added to the end of the list as an invisible default; in all other
+modes `localhost' is added to the end of the list as an invisible
+default. Each hostname may have a '/'-delimited suffix specifying a
+port or service to forward to; the default is 25 (or "smtp" under IPv6).
.TP
.B \-D domain, --smtpaddress domain
(Keyword: smtpaddress)