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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-02-21 04:32:42 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 1997-02-21 04:32:42 +0000 |
| commit | e1298bd1f676342a78014fb27823f3944f96f9f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 74f53e9278df2614e9dd8535a04c32d895515e48 /fetchmail.man | |
| parent | 37649f7173e95055050314fd5527d37579021016 (diff) | |
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Localize the effect of DNS errors.
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 2546a800..ebc68127 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -464,13 +464,14 @@ The or --nodetach option suppresses detachment of the daemon process from its control terminal. This is primarily useful for debugging. .PP -Note that while running in daemon mode, transient errors (such as DNS -failures or sendmail delivery refusals) may force the fetchall -option on for the duration of the next polling cycle. +Note that while running in daemon mode polling a POP server, transient +errors (such as DNS failures or sendmail delivery refusals) may force +the fetchall option on for the duration of the next polling cycle. This is a robustness feature. It means that if a message is fetched -(and thus marked seen by the mailserver) but not delivered locally -due to some transient error, it will be re-fetched during the next -poll cycle. +(and thus marked seen by the mailserver) but not delivered locally due +to some transient error, it will be re-fetched during the next poll +cycle. (The IMAP logic doesn't delete messages until they're +delivered, so this problem does not arise.) .SH RETRIEVAL FAILURE MODES The protocols \fIfetchmail\fR uses to talk to mailservers are next to |