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+ To Do:
+
+* The `reading message N ..(M bytes)' messages ideally should go through
+ error(), but since they are built piecemeal, they go to stderr. What
+ would be needed is an error() variant that didn't write a message until
+ it got a trailing \n -- otherwise, if a syslog option were added, these
+ messages would wind up as separate syslog calls -- probably not the desired
+ result.
+
Release Notes:
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@@ -13,6 +22,9 @@ features --
* True stdio buffering of sockets at last, thanks to Cameron McPherson.
This should be good for a significant throughput increase.
+* Almost all error messages now go through the error() subroutine. This is a
+ first step towards allowing a daemon-mode fetchmail to use syslog.
+
bugs --
* Fixed a FreeBSD compilation glitch involving SIGCLD (thanks to