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<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: 1998/01/18 03:58:08 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/18 06:32:43 $
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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1>
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<a href="#R5">R5. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a><br>
<a href="#R6">R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a><br>
<a href="#R7">R7. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br>
+<a href="#R8">R8. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.</a><br>
<h1>Disappearing mail</h1>
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This should not happen under Linux or any truly POSIX-conformant Unix.<P>
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+<a name="R8">R8. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd.</a><h2>
+
+Your problem may be with pppd's `demand' option. We have a report that
+fetchmail doesn't play well with it, but works with pppd if `demand'
+is turned off. We have no idea why this is.<p>
+
+<hr>
<h2><a name="D1">D1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2>
Maybe you have a .forward or alias set up that you've forgotten about. You
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<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: 1998/01/18 03:58:08 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/01/18 06:32:43 $
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<P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>