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| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.man | 11 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@ To-do list: -I want a --logfile option that redirects the daemon-mode output to a -given file, but the code (in daemon.c near 200) unaccountably doesn't -work (so I haven't documented it yet). - Why doesn't sendmail delivery work in daemon mode? In daemon mode (but not in normal run-to-completion mode) popclient croaks after its first delivery (there's a kluge in options.c to deal with this). -We need the logfile option to debug this! Option to enable EMACS-like user folder versioning on each run. @@ -19,6 +14,10 @@ S/key for secure challenge-response. Implement IMAP support. +3.04: + +* Logfile option works. + 3.03: * Minor bug fixes for password querying and redirection to stdout. @@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ Implement IMAP support. * Delivery via sendmail now works in non-daemon mode. -* Experimental code to support - 3.01: * Fixed a lexical analyzer bug in quoted-string processing. diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index ef3c1c27..cb38b7d8 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -351,6 +351,14 @@ Only one daemon process is permitted per user; in daemon mode, makes a per-user lockfile to guarantee this. The option .B --quit will kill a running daemon process. +.PP +The +.B -L +or +.B --logfile +option allows you to redirect status messages emitted while in daemon +mode into a specified logfile (follow the option with the logfile name). +This is primarily useful for debugging configurations. .SH THE POPRC FILE The preferred way to set up popclient (and the only way if you want to specify a password) is to write a .poprc file in your home directory. @@ -526,9 +534,6 @@ by Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and is now maintained by esr.. .PP The --version option doesn't display MDA arguments. .PP -The (undocumented) --logfile option doesn't work, due to some weirdness -in the daemon code. Fixes cheerfully accepted. -.PP Delivery via .IR sendmail (8) doesn't work in daemon mode; |