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@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ What you probably want is the default setting: if you don't specify `-k', then
fetchmail will automatically delete messages after successful delivery.
.SS Protocol and Query Options
.TP
-.B \-p, \--protocol proto
+.B \-p, \--protocol <proto>
(Keyword: proto[col])
Specify the protocol to use when communicating with the remote
mailserver. If no protocol is specified, the default is AUTO.
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ of `newness' of messages (UIDL stands for ``unique ID listing'' and is
described in RFC1725). Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby
news drop for a group of users.
.TP
-.B \-P, --port
+.B \-P, --port <nnn>
(Keyword: port)
The port option permits you to specify a TCP/IP port to connect on.
This option will seldom be necessary as all the supported protocols have
well-established default port numbers.
.TP
-.B \-t, --timeout
+.B \-t, --timeout <nnn>
(Keyword: timeout)
The timeout option allows you to set a server-nonresponse
timeout in seconds. If a mailserver does not send a greeting message
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ will report. If a given connection receives too many timeouts in
succession, fetchmail will consider it wedged and stop retrying,
the calkling user will be notified by email if this happens.
.TP
-.B \--plugin
+.B \--plugin <command>
(Keyword: plugin)
The plugin option allows you to use an external program to establish the
TCP connection. This is useful if you want to use socks or need some
@@ -244,13 +244,13 @@ it will be passed two arguments: the name of the server and the name of
the port. Fetchmail will write to the plugin's stdin and read from
the plugin's stdout.
.TP
-.B \--plugout
+.B \--plugout <command>
(Keyword: plugout)
Identical to the plugin option above, but this one is used for the SMTP
connections (which will probably not need it, so it has been separated
from plugin).
.TP
-.B \-r folder, --folder folder
+.B \-r <folder>, --folder <folder>
(Keyword: folder[s])
Causes a specified non-default mail folder on the mailserver (or
comma-separated list of folders) to be retrieved. The syntax of the
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ folder name is server-dependent. This option is not available under
POP3 or ETRN.
.SS Delivery Control Options
.TP
-.B \-S hosts, --smtphost hosts
+.B \-S <hosts>, --smtphost <hosts>
(Keyword: smtp[host])
Specify a hunt list of hosts to forward mail to (one or more
hostnames, comma-separated). In ETRN mode, set the host that the
@@ -275,20 +275,20 @@ Example:
--smtphost server1,server2/2525,server3
.TP
-.B \-D domain, --smtpaddress domain
+.B \-D <domain>, --smtpaddress <domain>
(Keyword: smtpaddress)
Specify the domain to be put in RCPT TO lines shipped to SMTP. The
name of the SMTP server (as specified by --smtphost, or defaulted to
"localhost") is used when this is not specified.
.TP
-.B \-Z nnn, --antispam nnn[,nnn[,nnn...]]
+.B \-Z nnn, --antispam <nnn>[, <nnn>]...
(Keyword: antispam)
Specifies the list of numeric SMTP errors that are to be interpreted
as a spam-block response from the listener. A value of -1 disables
this option. For the command-line option, the list values should
be comma-separated.
.TP
-.B \-m, \--mda
+.B \-m, \--mda <command>
(Keyword: mda)
You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly (rather than
forwarded to port 25) with the -mda or -m option. Be aware that this
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ correct; the caveats discussed under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP
MAILBOXES below apply.
.SS Resource Limit Control Options
.TP
-.B \-l, --limit
+.B \-l, --limit <nnn>
(Keyword: limit)
Takes a maximum octet size argument. Messages larger than this size
will not be fetched, not be marked seen, and will be left on the
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ phone rates. In daemon mode, oversize notifications are mailed to the
calling user (see the --warnings option). This option does not work
with ETRN.
.TP
-.B \-w, --warnings
+.B \-w, --warnings <nnn>
(Keyword: warnings)
Takes an interval in seconds. When you call
.I fetchmail
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ the oversized message is detected. Thereafter, renotification is
suppressed until after the warning interval elapses (it will take
place at the end of the first following poll).
.TP
-.B -b, --batchlimit
+.B -b, --batchlimit <nnn>
(Keyword: batchlimit)
Specify the maximum number of messages that will be shipped to an SMTP
listener before the connection is deliberately torn down and rebuilt
@@ -364,14 +364,14 @@ is processing very large batches. Setting the batch limit to some
nonzero size will prevent these delays.
This option does not work with ETRN.
.TP
-.B -B, --fetchlimit
+.B -B, --fetchlimit <nnn>
(Keyword: fetchlimit)
Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single
poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit --fetchlimit of 0
overrides any limits set in your run control file.
This option does not work with ETRN.
.TP
-.B -e, --expunge
+.B -e, --expunge <nnn>
(keyword: expunge)
Arrange for deletions to be made final after a given number of
messages. Under POP2 or POP3, fetchmail cannot make deletions final
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ suppresses expunges entirely (so no expunges at all will be done until
the end of run). This option does not work with ETRN.
.SS Authentication Options
.TP
-.B \-u name, --username name
+.B \-u <name>, --username <name>
(Keyword: user[name])
Specifies the user identification to be used when logging in to the mailserver.
The appropriate user identification is both server and user-dependent.
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ The default is your login name on the client machine that is running
.I fetchmail.
See USER AUTHENTICATION below for a complete description.
.TP
-.B \-I specification, --interface specification
+.B \-I <specification>, --interface <specification>
(Keyword: interface)
Require that a specific interface device be up and have a specific local
IP address (or range) before polling. Frequently
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ under Linux and FreeBSD. Please see the
.B monitor
section for below for FreeBSD specific information.
.TP
-.B \-M interface, --monitor interface
+.B \-M <interface>, --monitor <interface>
(Keyword: monitor)
Daemon mode can cause transient links which are automatically taken down
after a period of inactivity (e.g. PPP links) to remain up
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ fetchmail runs with the effective GID set to that of the kmem group
.I only
when interface data is being collected.
.TP
-.B \-A, --preauth
+.B \-A, --preauth <type>
(Keyword: preauth[enticate])
This option permits you to specify a preauthentication type (see USER
AUTHENTICATION below for details). The possible values are
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ password and IMAP-K4 uses RFC1731 Kerberos v4 authentication). This
option does not work with ETRN.
.SS Miscellaneous Options
.TP
-.B \-f pathname, --fetchmailrc pathname
+.B \-f <pathname>, --fetchmailrc <pathname>
Specify a non-default name for the
.I .fetchmailrc
run control file. The pathname argument must be either "-" (a single
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ filename. Unless the --version option is also on, a named file
argument must have permissions no more open than 0600 (u=rw,g=,o=) or
else be /dev/null.
.TP
-.B \-i pathname, --idfile pathname
+.B \-i <pathname>, --idfile <pathname>
(Keyword: idfile)
Specify an alternate name for the .fetchids file used to save POP3
UIDs.
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ mail headers and want to know they can prevent it, but it is generally
not a good idea to actually turn off rewrite.)
When using ETRN, the rewrite option is ineffective.
.TP
-.B -E, --envelope
+.B -E, --envelope <line>
(Keyword: envelope)
This option changes the header
.I fetchmail
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ Received lines. This is the default, and it should not be necessary
unless you have globally disabled Received parsing with `no envelope'
in the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR file.
.TP
-.B -Q, --qvirtual
+.B -Q, --qvirtual <prefix>
(Keyword: qvirtual)
The string prefix assigned to this option will be removed from the user
name found in the header specified with the \fIenvelope\fR option