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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-01-08 22:24:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-01-08 22:24:23 +0000 |
| commit | 961c949249137dceec492ad84edc2a4d2ad12796 (patch) | |
| tree | 5d68d6da50220270105c763a494f7f229a8794d9 /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | a44cd4f05642454a89c60e8dc6a87bd04da2a9d2 (diff) | |
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Added the preconnect feature.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 03fa6b52..3daff8c6 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ Legal user options are remotefolder (or remote) smtphost (or smtp) mda + preconnect keep flush fetchall @@ -540,9 +541,11 @@ Legal user options are norewrite limit fetchlimit + syslog .PP All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except -four: `aka', `is', `to', `password', and `envelope'. +the following: `aka', `is', `to', `password', `envelope', +`preconnect', and `syslog'. .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 @@ -578,9 +581,16 @@ recipient is the calling user. The \fBpassword\fR option requires a string argument, which is the password to be used with the entry's server. .PP -The \fBaliases\fR option declares names that are recognized as OK for +The \fBaka\fR option declares names that are recognized as OK for local delivery. Your local name is automatically one of these; the -aliases directive can be used to declare others. +aka directive can be used to declare others. +.PP +The `preconnect' keyword allows you to specify a shell command to be +executed just before each time +.I fetchmail +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 Legal protocol identifiers are |