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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | design-notes.html | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.c | 15 |
3 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@ - To do: - -* Warn user that fetchmailconf autoprobe may take a while? (It can hang for - 10 or 12 minutes if it hits a firewall that drops SYN packets sent to denied - ports.) - -* --all option that forces poll of skipped entries? - Release Notes: (The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.) @@ -17,8 +9,9 @@ fetchmail-5.1.1 (): * John Cigas's delay patch to avoid a timing problem with plugins. * During IMAP authentication, canonicalize both name and password. * -A has been retired (goes with authenticate -> preauthenticate change). +* Check for both fetchall and keep on in daemon mode; reject this. -There are 259 people on fetchmail-friends and 440 on fetchmail-announce. +There are 259 people on fetchmail-friends and 445 on fetchmail-announce. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ fetchmail-5.1.0 (Wed Sep 22 01:27:42 EDT 1999), 17767 lines: diff --git a/design-notes.html b/design-notes.html index 356a5b3b..2204d56f 100644 --- a/design-notes.html +++ b/design-notes.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="/~esr/index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:20:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/26 20:37:39 $ </table> <HR> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER>Design Notes On Fetchmail</H1> @@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ following minimum steps. There may be other things you have to do in the way of logic, of course.<P> +Before you implement an option, though, think hard. Is there any way +to make fetchmail automatically detect the circumstances under which +it should change its behavior? If so, don't write an option. Just do +the check!<p> + <H1>Lessons learned</H1> <H3>1. Server-side state is essential</H3> @@ -429,8 +434,9 @@ a gift from the gods, and this is my expression of gratitude.<P> The beta testers didn't know it at the time, but they were also the subjects of a sociological experiment. The results are described in -my paper, <A HREF="//www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The Cathedral -And The Bazaar</A>. +my paper, <A +HREF="//www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/">The Cathedral +And The Bazaar</A>.<P> <H1>Credits</H1> @@ -535,7 +541,7 @@ all shaped the design in one way or another.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:20:17 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/09/26 20:37:39 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c index ff465784..1ff5fd9a 100644 --- a/fetchmail.c +++ b/fetchmail.c @@ -1164,11 +1164,7 @@ static int load_params(int argc, char **argv, int optind) char *cp; if (!(cp = strrchr(idp->id, '/')) || -#ifdef INET6 - (strcmp(++cp, SMTP_PORT) == 0)) -#else (atoi(++cp) == SMTP_PORT)) -#endif /* INET6 */ { (void) fprintf(stderr, _("%s configuration invalid, LMTP can't use default SMTP port\n"), @@ -1178,6 +1174,17 @@ static int load_params(int argc, char **argv, int optind) } } #endif /* !INET6 */ + + /* + * "I beg to you, have mercy on the week minds like myself." + * wrote Pehr Anderson. Your petition is granted. + */ + if (ctl->fetchall && ctl->keep && run.poll_interval && !nodetach) + { + (void) fprintf(stderr, + _("Both fetchall and keep on in daemon mode is a mistake!\n")); + exit(PS_SYNTAX); + } } } |