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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index a3ef7eb2..67f3eb75 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -915,11 +915,17 @@ A lot of people want to use fetchmail as a poor man's internetwork mail gateway, picking up mail accumulated for a whole domain in a single server mailbox and then routing based on what's in the To/Cc/Bcc lines.<p> -This is one of the things multidrop mode is for (though you -<em>are</em> going to get hurt by some mailing list software; see the -caveats under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP MAILBOXES on the man -page). If you want to try it, the way to do it is with the -`<CODE>localdomains</CODE>' option.<p> +In general, this is not really a good idea. It would be smarter to +just let the mail sit in the mailserver's queue and use fetchmail's +ETRN mode to trigger SMTP sends periodically (of course, this means +you have to poll more frequently than the mailserver's expiry period). +If you can't arrange this, try setting up a UUCP feed.<P> + +If neither of these alternatives is available, multidrop mode may do +(though you <em>are</em> going to get hurt by some mailing list +software; see the caveats under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP +MAILBOXES on the man page). If you want to try it, the way to do it +is with the `<CODE>localdomains</CODE>' option.<p> In general, if you use localdomains you need to make sure of two other things: <p> @@ -1113,7 +1119,7 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.41 1997/07/01 13:09:20 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.42 1997/07/02 18:57:20 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |