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@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@ "From: John Smith@my.pop.server (Systems) <jsmith@domain>". Is this just GIGO, or should we try to cope? -Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes: - -Hm, the --expunge N option only works for IMAP? I suggested back when you -proposed this that it should work for POP as well by closing and reopening the -POP connection. That's exactly what I do currently using a shell script -``while fetchmail --limit 10 ; do : ; done'' But it would be nice if --expunge -just worked. That would eliminate the race condition with the lock file and it -would just be all-around pleasing aesthetically. - - Other TO-DO items: * Get with Craig Metz to write a draft RFC on RFC1938 support in IMAP. @@ -34,6 +24,7 @@ fetchmail-4.3.4 (Sat Nov 22 01:51:41 EST 1997) * Fix ETRN code to poll for the fetchmail host if there's no -S option. * Allow `--quit' to be given with other options to shut down a running daemon before anything else gets done (suggested by Greg Stark). +* Added Gordon Matzigkeit's warning about -F to the man page. There are 277 people on fetchmail-friends and 92 on fetchmail-announce. diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 48bbdf30..566bc920 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ you have specified a default of \fBkeep\fR in your .B \-F, --flush POP3/IMAP only. Delete old (previously retrieved) messages from the mailserver before retrieving new messages. This option does not work with ETRN. +Warning: if your local MTA hangs and fetchmail is aborted, the next +time you run fetchmail, it will delete mail that was never delivered to you. +What you probably want is the default setting: if you don't specify `-k', then +fetchmail will automatically delete messages after successful delivery. .SS Protocol and Query Options .TP .B \-p, \--protocol proto |