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@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ the server. In this (unlikely) case, only messages you fetched with
The preferred way to set up fetchmail (and the only way if you want to
avoid specifying passwords each time it runs) is to write a
\&\fI.fetchmailrc\fR file in your home directory. To protect the security
-of your passwords, your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not have more than u+r,u+w
-permissions;
+of your passwords, your \fI~/.fetchmailrc\fR may not have more than
+600 (u=rw,g=,o=) permissions;
.I fetchmail
will complain and exit otherwise.
.PP