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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index d24234ff..93a2eb1b 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -119,12 +119,14 @@ specifying a connection IP address (or range) for the mailserver TCP/IP link. When the specified link is not up or is not connected to a matching IP address, polling will be skipped. The format is: .sp - iii.iii.iii.iii/mmm.mmm.mmm.mmm + interface/iii.iii.iii.iii/mmm.mmm.mmm.mmm .sp -The field before the slash is the acceptable IP address and the field -after the slash is a mask which specifies a range of IP addresses to -accept. If no mask is present 255.255.255.255 is assumed (i.e. an -exact match). This option is currently only supported under Linux. +The field before the first slash is the interface name (i.e. sl0, ppp0 +etc). The field before the second slash is the acceptable IP address. +The field after the second slash is a mask which specifies a range of +IP addresses to accept. If no mask is present 255.255.255.255 is +assumed (i.e. an exact match). This option is currently only supported +under Linux. .TP .B \-M interface, --monitor interface Daemon mode can cause transient links which are automatically taken down @@ -787,8 +789,7 @@ host queried. .SH AUTHOR Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>. .SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY -This program is descended -from and replaces +This program is descended from and replaces .IR popclient , by Carl Harris <ceharris@mal.com>; the internals are quite different, but some of its interface design is directly traceable to that |