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authorMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2007-07-11 15:50:41 +0000
committerMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>2007-07-11 15:50:41 +0000
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The manual page no longer asserts that .fetchids were for exclusive POP3 use,
since it is planned to use it also with IMAP4. svn path=/branches/BRANCH_6-3/; revision=5113
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@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ else be /dev/null.
.TP
.B \-i <pathname> | \-\-idfile <pathname>
(Keyword: idfile)
-Specify an alternate name for the .fetchids file used to save POP3
+Specify an alternate name for the .fetchids file used to save message
UIDs. NOTE: since fetchmail 6.3.0, write access to the directory
containing the idfile is required, as fetchmail writes a temporary file
and renames it into the place of the real idfile only if the temporary
@@ -2560,9 +2560,7 @@ that of the last host queried.
default run control file
.TP 5
~/.fetchids
-default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen
-(used only with newer RFC1939-compliant POP3 servers supporting the
-UIDL command).
+default location of file recording last message UIDs seen per host.
.TP 5
~/.fetchmail.pid
lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode).