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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2003-07-17 00:55:18 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2003-07-17 00:55:18 +0000 |
commit | 8a6226720dbb281ad0b409b06e182621cc08b241 (patch) | |
tree | c949205e554a713a1b87d130e0cc34807614b9e3 /fetchmail.man | |
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First round ofmlong-delayed bug fixes.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index ce90f441..86a01bd5 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -401,23 +401,25 @@ this option. For the command-line option, the list values should be comma-separated. .TP .B \-m <command> | \-\-mda <command> -(Keyword: mda) -You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly (rather than -forwarded to port 25) with the --mda or -m option. To avoid losing -mail, use this option only with MDAs like procmail or sendmail that -return a nonzero status on disk-full and other resource-exhaustion -errors; the nonzero status tells fetchmail that delivery failed and -prevents the message from being deleted off the server. If -\fIfetchmail\fR is running as root, it sets its userid to that of the -target user while delivering mail through an MDA. Some possible MDAs -are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -f %F %T", "/usr/bin/deliver" and -"/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" (but the latter is usually redundant as it's -what SMTP listeners normally forward to). Local delivery addresses -will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a %T; the -mail message's From address will be inserted where you place an %F. -Do \fInot\fR use an MDA invocation like "sendmail -i -t" that -dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it will create mail loops and -bring the just wrath of many postmasters down upon your head. +(Keyword: mda) You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly +(rather than forwarded to port 25) with the --mda or -m option. To +avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like procmail or +sendmail that return a nonzero status on disk-full and other +resource-exhaustion errors; the nonzero status tells fetchmail that +delivery failed and prevents the message from being deleted off the +server. If \fIfetchmail\fR is running as root, it sets its userid to +that of the target user while delivering mail through an MDA. Some +possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -i -f %F %T", "/usr/bin/deliver" +and "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" (but the latter is usually redundant as +it's what SMTP listeners normally forward to). Local delivery +addresses will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a +%T; the mail message's From address will be inserted where you place +an %F. In both cases the addresses are enclosed in single quotes ('), +after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA +command is passed to the shell. Do \fInot\fR use an MDA invocation +like "sendmail -i -t" that dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it +will create mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters +down upon your head. .TP .B \-\-lmtp (Keyword: lmtp) @@ -1320,6 +1322,9 @@ T} interval \& T{ Only check this site every N poll cycles; N is a numeric argument. T} +tracepolls \& T{ +Add poll tracing information to the Received header +T} netsec \& T{ Pass in IPsec security option request. T} @@ -1476,9 +1481,6 @@ T} expunge -e T{ Perform an expunge on every #th message (IMAP and POP3 only) T} -tracepolls \& T{ -Add poll tracing information to the Received header -T} properties \& T{ String value is ignored by fetchmail (may be used by extension scripts) T} |