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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-31 22:36:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1996-10-31 22:36:07 +0000 |
| commit | d4269ca574d44149a764d9ac344bc302c6a4a2cd (patch) | |
| tree | 4e2656c8829813f5dbc4376afbf1edfeebbf892d /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | 4390751f75b6cd65386576b11101e287dbb671e5 (diff) | |
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Improved documentation.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 2cb485f6..bfd6b387 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ fetched mail so that any mail IDs local to the server are expanded to full addresses (@ and the mailserver hostname are appended). This enables replies on the client to get addressed correctly (otherwise your mailer might think they should be addressed to local users on the -client machine). This option disables the rewrite. +client machine!). This option disables the rewrite. (This option is +provided to pacify people who are paranoid about having an MTA edit +mail headers and want to know they can prevent it, but it is generally +not a good idea to actually turn off rewrite.) .TP .B \-V, --version Displays the version information for your copy of @@ -572,7 +575,7 @@ to be specifying multiple users per server unless running it as root (thus the `pass gumshoe' would try to fetch root's mail on pop-provider.net, which is probably not what you want). In any case, we strongly recommend always having an explicit -\&`user' clause when specifying multiple users for server. +\&`user' clause when specifying multiple users per mailserver. .PP Here's what a simple retrieval configuration for a multi-drop mailbox looks like: |