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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-04-17 07:57:06 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>1997-04-17 07:57:06 +0000
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Added forcecr option.
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@@ -618,12 +618,14 @@ Legal user options are
fetchall
rewrite
stripcr
+ forcecr
dns
no keep
no flush
no fetchall
no rewrite
no stripcr
+ no forcecr
no dns
no envelope
limit
@@ -633,8 +635,8 @@ Legal user options are
.PP
All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except
the following: `aka', `is', `to', `dns'/`no dns', `password',
-\&`preconnect', `localdomains', `stripcr'/`no stripcr' and
-\&`no received'.
+\&`preconnect', `localdomains', `stripcr'/`no stripcr' ,
+\&`forcecr'/`no forcecr' and `no received'.
.PP
The `is' or `to' keywords associate the following local (client)
name(s) (or server-name to client-name mappings separated by =) with
@@ -698,11 +700,18 @@ establishes a mailserver connection. This may be useful if you are
attempting to set up secure POP connections with the aid of
.IR ssh (1).
.PP
+The `forcecr' option controls whether lines terminated by LF only are
+given CRLF termination before forwarding. Strictly speaking RFC821
+requires this, but few MTAs enforce the requirement it so this option
+is normally off (only one such MTA, qmail, is in significant use at
+time of writing).
+.PP
The `stripcr' option controls whether carriage returns are stripped
out of retrieved mail before it is forwarded. It is normally not
necessary to set this, because it defaults to `on' (CR stripping
enabled) when there is an MDA declared but `off' (CR stripping
-disabled) when forwarding is via SMTP.
+disabled) when forwarding is via SMTP. If `stripcr' and `forcecr' are
+both on, `stripcr' will override.
.PP
Legal protocol identifiers are