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.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).
+The logfile is opened for append, so previous messages aren't deleted.
This is primarily useful for debugging configurations.
.SH RETRIEVAL FAILURE MODES
The protocols \fIfetchmail\fR uses to talk to mail servers are next to