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| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.man | 16 |
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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 0c1482e8..19dd9e4c 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -336,11 +336,17 @@ received from. (Keyword: ssl) Causes the connection to the mail server to be encrypted via SSL. Connect to the server using the specified base protocol over a connection secured -by SSL. SSL support must be present at the server. If no port is -specified, the connection is attempted to the well known port of the SSL -version of the base protocol. This is generally a different port than the -port used by the base protocol. For IMAP, this is port 143 for the clear -protocol and port 993 for the SSL secured protocol. +by SSL. SSL support must be present at the server. +.sp +If no port is specified, the connection is attempted to the well known +port of the SSL version of the base protocol. This is generally a +different port than the port used by the base protocol. For IMAP, this +is port 143 for the clear protocol and port 993 for the SSL secured +protocol, for POP3, it is port 110 for the cleartext and port 995 for +the encrypted variant. +.sp +If your system lacks the corresponding entries from /etc/services, see +the \-\-port option. .TP .B \-\-sslcert <name> (Keyword: sslcert) |