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2 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
Release Notes:
-fetchmail-5.0.1 (Sun Apr 18 14:59:56 EDT 1999):
-* The IMAP driver now sets SEEN just before deleting, in case the server
- ships DSNs when that bit is set.
+fetchmail-5.0.2 ():
+* The IMAP driver now sets SEEN at deletion time, in case the server
+ ships DSNs when that bit is set (HP OpenMail does this).
+* Delay between POP3 subsessions to allow the server time to release locks.
+* Improved environment-query logic to handle mutiple names per UID.
-There are 254 people on fetchmail-friends and 372 on fetchmail-announce.
+There are 255 people on fetchmail-friends and 374 on fetchmail-announce.
fetchmail-5.0.1 (Sun Apr 18 14:59:56 EDT 1999):
* Try to discover user/home via getpwuid(getuid()) before using LOGNAME/HOME.
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 601e9511..2e860624 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -1760,11 +1760,12 @@ lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, Linux systems).
lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (root mode, systems without /var/run).
.SH ENVIRONMENT
-For correct initialization,
-.I fetchmail
-requires either that \fBgetpwuid\fR(3) be able to retrieve a password
-entry from your user ID, or that either the LOGNAME or USER and the
-HOME environment variables are correctly set.
+If either the LOGNAME or USER and the variable is correctly set
+(e.g. the corresponding UID matches the session user ID) then that
+name is used as the default local name. Otherwise \fBgetpwuid\fR(3)
+mudst be able to retrieve a password entry for the session ID (this
+elaborate logic is designed to handle the case of multiple names per
+userid gracefully).
.SH SIGNALS
If a