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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 8aecc187..cd9d94c9 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ in the Subject line unsubscribes you, and "help" returns general list help) <p> <a href="#G4">G4. I have this idea for a neat feature. Will you add it?</a><br> <a href="#G5">G5. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> - <h1>Fetchmail configuration file grammar questions:</h1> <a href="#F1">F1. Why does my .fetchmailrc from 3.9 or earlier no longer work?</a><br> @@ -74,6 +73,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a><br> <a href="#R5">R5. Mail that was being fetched when I interrupted my fetchmail seems to have been vanished.</a></br> <a href="#R6">R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a><br> +<a href="#R7">R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.</a><br> <h1>Multidrop-mode problems:</h1> @@ -821,6 +821,25 @@ corruption screw. But the symptom doesn't reproduce under Linux with the same .fetchmailrc and .netrc.<p> <hr> +<h2><a name="R7">R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.</a></h2> + +One POP3 daemon used in the Berkeley Unix world that reports itself as +Pop3 version 1.004 actually throws the queue away. 1.005 fixed that. +If you're running this one, upgrade immediately.<P> + +Many POP servers, if an interruption occurs, will restore the whole +mail queue after about 10 minutes. Others will restore it right +away. If you have an interruption and don't see it right away, cross +your fingers and wait ten minutes brfore retrying.<P> + +Some servers (such as Microsoft's NTMail) are mis-designed to restore +the entire queue, including messages you have deleted. If you have +one of these and it flakes out on you a lot, try setting a small +<code>--fetchlimit</code> value. This will result in more IP connects +to the server but will mean it actually executes changes to the queue +more often.<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="M1">M1. I've declared local names, but all my multidrop mail is going to root anyway.</a></h2> @@ -1040,7 +1059,7 @@ biff n to solve theproblem system-wide. -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.36 1997/06/18 23:26:13 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.37 1997/06/24 16:12:12 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |