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author | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2019-10-10 01:47:13 +0200 |
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committer | Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> | 2019-10-10 02:01:09 +0200 |
commit | b966ec71fad3e76266bb00cf8b3c3bea5130c167 (patch) | |
tree | 2c4728d15239b5f97349013c3a131338b185087c /fetchmail.man | |
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Fix a few man page issues.
- fix unterminated string in .IP macro
- fix .TH date format
- properly break line after .PP
- replace .br in table (unsupported by FreeBSD 12's mandoc)
FreeBSD Bug#241032 reported by Helge Oldach
Diffstat (limited to 'fetchmail.man')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index d289a0fd..a306fe0b 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .\" Load www macros to process .URL requests, this requires groff: .mso www.tmac .\" -.TH fetchmail 1 "fetchmail 6.4.1" "fetchmail" "fetchmail reference manual" +.TH fetchmail 1 2019-10-10 "fetchmail 6.4.1" "fetchmail reference manual" .SH NAME fetchmail \- fetch mail from a POP, IMAP, ETRN, or ODMR-capable server @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ env LC_ALL=C fetchmail \-vvv \-\-nodetach \-\-nosyslog .IP (This command line actually runs fetchmail with verbose English output.) .PP -Also see +Also see .URL "http://fetchmail.sourceforge.net/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3" "item #G3 in fetchmail's FAQ" .PP You can omit the LC_ALL=C part above if you want output in the local @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ POP3, ETRN, or ODMR. .B \-\-tracepolls (Keyword: tracepolls) .br -Tell fetchmail to poll trace information in the form 'polling +Tell fetchmail to poll trace information in the form 'polling account %s' and 'folder %s' to the Received line it generates, where the %s parts are replaced by the user's remote name, the poll label, and the folder (mailbox) where available (the Received header @@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ and pretend that '\fBauto\fP' had been used instead. (default). Since v6.4.0. Require TLS. Auto-negotiate TLSv1 or newer, disable SSLv3 downgrade. (fetchmail 6.3.26 and older have auto-negotiated all protocols that their OpenSSL library supported, including the broken SSLv3). -.IP "\&'\fBSSL23\fP' +.IP \&'\fBSSL23\fP' see '\fBauto\fP'. .IP \&'\fBSSL3\fP' Require SSLv3 exactly. SSLv3 is broken, not supported on all systems, avoid it @@ -732,18 +732,18 @@ addresses will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a an %F. \fBDo NOT enclose the %F or %T string in single quotes!\fP -For both %T and %F, fetchmail encloses the addresses in single quotes -('), after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA +For both %T and %F, fetchmail encloses the addresses in single quotes +('), after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA command is passed to the shell. -\fBDo NOT use an MDA invocation that dispatches on the contents of -To/Cc/Bcc,\fP like "sendmail \-i \-t" or "qmail-inject", it will create -mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters down upon your +\fBDo NOT use an MDA invocation that dispatches on the contents of +To/Cc/Bcc,\fP like "sendmail \-i \-t" or "qmail-inject", it will create +mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters down upon your head. This is one of the most frequent configuration errors! -Also, do \fInot\fP try to combine multidrop mode with an MDA such -as maildrop that can only accept one address, unless your upstream -stores one copy of the message per recipient and transports the envelope +Also, do \fInot\fP try to combine multidrop mode with an MDA such +as maildrop that can only accept one address, unless your upstream +stores one copy of the message per recipient and transports the envelope recipient in a header; you will lose mail. The well-known @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ TLS with client authentication and specify \fBgssapi\fP or GSSAPI or K4. Choosing KPOP protocol automatically selects Kerberos authentication. This option does not work with ETRN. GSSAPI service names are in line with RFC-2743 and IANA registrations, see -.URL http://www.iana.org/assignments/gssapi-service-names/ "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)/Kerberos/Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Service Names" . +.URL http://www.iana.org/assignments/gssapi-service-names/ "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)/Kerberos/Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Service Names" . .SS Miscellaneous Options .TP .B \-f <pathname> | \-\-fetchmailrc <pathname> @@ -1264,7 +1264,8 @@ capability response. Specify a user option value that looks like username and the part to the right as the NTLM domain. .SS Secure Socket Layers (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) -.PP All retrieval protocols can use SSL or TLS wrapping for the +.PP +All retrieval protocols can use SSL or TLS wrapping for the transport. Additionally, POP3 and IMAP retrival can also negotiate SSL/TLS by means of STARTTLS (or STLS). .PP @@ -1349,8 +1350,8 @@ polling interval. There are several ways to make fetchmail work in daemon mode. On the command line, \fB\-\-daemon\ <interval>\fP or \fB\-d\ <interval>\fP option runs \fBfetchmail\fP in daemon mode. You must specify a numeric -argument which is a polling interval (time to wait after completing a -whole poll cycle with the last server and before starting the next poll +argument which is a polling interval (time to wait after completing a +whole poll cycle with the last server and before starting the next poll cycle with the first server) in seconds. .PP Example: simply invoking @@ -1358,8 +1359,8 @@ Example: simply invoking fetchmail \-d 900 .PP will, therefore, poll all the hosts described in your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fP -file (except those explicitly excluded with the 'skip' verb) a bit less -often than once every 15 minutes (exactly: 15 minutes + time that the +file (except those explicitly excluded with the 'skip' verb) a bit less +often than once every 15 minutes (exactly: 15 minutes + time that the poll takes). .PP It is also possible to set a polling interval @@ -1502,7 +1503,7 @@ The .B \-\-showdots option (keyword: set showdots) forces fetchmail to show progress dots even if the output goes to a file or fetchmail is not in verbose mode. -Fetchmail shows the dots by default when run in \-\-verbose mode +Fetchmail shows the dots by default when run in \-\-verbose mode \fIand\fP output goes to console. This option is ignored in \-\-silent mode. .PP By specifying the @@ -1891,7 +1892,7 @@ _ user[name] \-u \& T{ This is the user description and must come first after server description and after possible server options, and before user options. -.br + It sets the remote user name if by itself or followed by 'there', or the local user name if followed by 'here'. T} @@ -2872,11 +2873,11 @@ multiple names per userid gracefully). .IP \fBFETCHMAIL_DISABLE_CBC_IV_COUNTERMEASURE\fP (since v6.3.22): If this environment variable is set and not empty, fetchmail will disable -a countermeasure against an SSL CBC IV attack (by setting +a countermeasure against an SSL CBC IV attack (by setting SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS). This is a security risk, but may be necessary for connecting to certain non-standards-conforming servers. See fetchmail's NEWS file and fetchmail-SA-2012-01.txt for details. -Earlier fetchmail versions (v6.3.21 and older) used to disable this +Earlier fetchmail versions (v6.3.21 and older) used to disable this countermeasure, but v6.3.22 no longer does that as a safety precaution. .IP \fBFETCHMAIL_POP3_FORCE_RETR\fP @@ -3110,7 +3111,7 @@ RFC 2033. .TP 5 GSSAPI: RFC 1508, RFC 1734, -.URL http://www.iana.org/assignments/gssapi-service-names/ "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)/Kerberos/Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Service Names" . +.URL http://www.iana.org/assignments/gssapi-service-names/ "Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI)/Kerberos/Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Service Names" . .TP 5 TLS: RFC 2595. |