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@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ after a period of inactivity (e.g. PPP links) to remain up
indefinitely. This option identifies a system TCP/IP interface to be
monitored for activity. After each poll interval, if the link is up but
no other activity has occurred on the link, then the poll will be
-skipped. This option is currently only supported under Linux and FreeBSD.
+skipped. However, when fetchmail is woken up by a signal, the
+monitor check is skipped and the poll goes through unconditionally.
+This option is currently only supported under Linux and FreeBSD.
For the
.B monitor
and