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-rw-r--r--NEWS2
-rwxr-xr-xfetchmailconf.py7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 12a8ce71..9ded5a54 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ fetchmail 6.3.2 (to be released):
Patch by Sunil Shetye. (MA)
* Don't complain about fetchall keep in --dumpconfig mode. Bug introduced in
6.3.0. Matthias Andree.
+* fetchmailconf.py: Fix novice help for Poll interval and fetchall.
+ Reported by Justin Pryzby, Debian Bug #344978. Matthias Andree
fetchmail 6.3.1 (released 2005-12-19):
diff --git a/fetchmailconf.py b/fetchmailconf.py
index 37181027..d6c320b0 100755
--- a/fetchmailconf.py
+++ b/fetchmailconf.py
@@ -666,9 +666,12 @@ needed to create a simple fetchmail setup. These include:
4. A protocol to use (POP, IMAP, ETRN, etc.)
-5. A polling interval.
+5. A poll interval in seconds.
+ If 0, fetchmail will run in the foreground once when started.
+ If > 0, fetchmail will run in the background and start a new poll
+ cycle after the interval has elapsed.
-6. Options to fetch old messages as well as new, uor to suppress
+6. Options to fetch old messages as well as new, or to suppress
deletion of fetched message.
The novice-configuration code will assume that you want to forward mail