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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-01-09 08:14:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-01-09 08:14:53 +0000 |
| commit | 7f32cacbd31832e7c2410b24a40aa6e7c8f820bf (patch) | |
| tree | 0501dab30bd6a176d1439b108a511aee14572daf /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | 6feef116d81caa80cc12ebdfc041df358418f2f1 (diff) | |
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Added localdomains option.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index e035af83..1c1273aa 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ Legal user options are syslog .PP All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except -the following: `aka', `is', `to', `password', and `preconnect'. +the following: `aka', `is', `to', `password', `preconnect', and +`localdomains'. .PP The `aka' option is for use with multidrop mailboxes. It allows you to pre-declare a list of DNS aliases for a server. This is an @@ -592,6 +593,12 @@ 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 `localdomains' option allows you to declare a list of domains +which fetchmail should consider local. When fetchmail is parsing +address lines in multidrop modes, and a trailing segment of a host +name matches a declared local doman, that address is passed through +to the listener or MDA unaltered. +.PP Legal protocol identifiers are auto (or AUTO) @@ -736,6 +743,19 @@ server user names `golux', `hurkle', and `snark'. It further specifies that `golux' and `snark' have the same name on the client as on the server, but mail for server user `hurkle' should be delivered to client user `happy'. +.PP +Here's an example of another kind of multidrop connection: + +.nf + poll pop.provider.net localdomains loonytoons.org: + user maildrop with pass secret1 to esr * here +.fi + +This also says that the mailbox of account `maildrop' on the server is +a multi-drop box. It tells fetchmail that any address in the +loonytoons.org domain (including subdomain addresses like +`joe@daffy.loonytoons.org') should be passed through to the local SMTP +listener without modification. Be careful of mail loops if you do this! .SH THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP MAILBOXES Use the multiple-local-recipients feature with caution -- it can bite. The fundamental problem is that by having your server toss several |