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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 9f637124..001776d9 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 16:24:27 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/20 07:45:09 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ my Received headers as it should.</a> <a href="#X4">X4. My mail is being mangled in a new and different way.</a><br> <a href="#X5">X5. Using POP3, retrievals seems to be fetching too much!</a><br> -<h1>Other Problems:</h1> +<h1>Other problems:</h1> <a href="#O1">O1. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.</a><br> <a href="#O2">O2. Every time I get a POP or IMAP message the header is @@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ greeting line. If that's found, and your user ID ends with is RPA-capable, and if so do an RPA transaction rather than a plain-text password handshake.<P> -<strong>Warning:</strong> the verbose output of fetchmail will show +<strong>Warning:</strong> the debug (-v -v) output of fetchmail will show your pass-phrase in Unicode!<P> These two .fetchmailrc entries show the difference between an RPA and @@ -1238,8 +1238,6 @@ Fetchmail normally uses TOP for message retrieval in order to avoid marking messages seen, but `<CODE>fetchall</CODE>' forces it to use RETR instead.<P> -So, set the `<CODE>fetchall</CODE>' option.<P> - (Note: Other failure modes have been reported on usa.net's servers. They seem to be chronically flaky. We recommend finding another provider.)<P> @@ -1449,7 +1447,7 @@ it requires libraries from the Kerberos V distribution (available via FTP at but mind the export restrictions). If you have these, compiling in GSS support is simple: add a <pre>--with-gssapi=[/path/to/krb5/root]</pre> option to configure. For instance, I have all of my kerberos V libraries installed under -/usr/krb5 so I run <pre>configure --with-gssapi=/usr/krb5</pre>.<p> +/usr/krb5 so I run <pre>configure --with-gssapi=/usr/krb5</pre><p> Setting up Kerberos V authentication is beyond the scope of this FAQ (you may find Jim Rome's paper <a @@ -1663,8 +1661,8 @@ to the server, but will mean it actually executes changes to the queue more often.<P> Qualcomm's qpopper, used at many BSD Unix sites, is better behaved. -If its connection is dropped, it will first execute all DELE commands (as -though you had issued a QUIT -- this is a technical violation of +If its connection is dropped, it will first execute all DELE commands as +though you had issued a QUIT (this is a technical violation of the POP3 RFCs, but a good idea in a world of flaky phone lines). Then it will re-queue any message that was being downloaded at hangup time. Still, qpopper may require a noticeable amount of time to do deletions @@ -1689,7 +1687,7 @@ mailbox forever.<p> Workaround: add the `<CODE>fetchall</CODE>' keyword to your fetch options.<p> -Solution: switch to an <a href="http://www.imap.org">IMAP</a> server.<p> +Solution: switch to an <a href="http://www.imap.org">IMAP4</a> server.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="M1">M1. I've declared local names, but all my multidrop @@ -1845,7 +1843,7 @@ inside pop3 server with fetchmail and sendmail 8.83<P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr> -<h2><a href="M7">M7. Multidrop mode isn't parsing envelope addresses from +<h2><a name="M7">M7. Multidrop mode isn't parsing envelope addresses from my Received headers as it should.</a></h2> It may happen that you're getting what appear to be well-formed @@ -2184,7 +2182,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<P> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/17 16:24:27 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/10/20 07:45:09 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |