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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-25 21:13:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-25 21:13:53 +0000 |
| commit | 99ec7858d4426dc5999336c8fd7c6d77cfac6743 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 0cfb5af0..c7017595 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -70,11 +70,10 @@ You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly (rather than forwarded to port 25) with the -mda or -m option (this can be useful if you don't want to run sendmail as an SMTP listener for security or other reasons). -Some possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem %s", -"/usr/lib/sendmail -oem %s", -"/usr/bin/formail", and "/usr/bin/deliver %s" (if the MDA command contains -%s, that escape will be expanded into your username on the client -machine). If \fIfetchmail\fR is running as root, it sets its userid to +Some possible MDAs are "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oem", +"/usr/lib/sendmail -oem", "/usr/bin/formail", and "/usr/bin/deliver". +Local delivery addresses will be appended to the MDA command. +If \fIfetchmail\fR is running as root, it sets its userid to that of the target user while delivering mail through an MDA. .TP .B \-F, --flush @@ -522,7 +521,7 @@ string in double quotes. Thus: .nf server mail.provider.net with proto pop3: user jsmith there has password "u can't krak this" - is jws here and wants mda "/bin/mail %s" + is jws here and wants mda "/bin/mail" .fi You may have an initial server description headed by the keyword |