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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index eb9755e7..157ff411 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: 1997/10/03 23:05:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/06 15:52:42 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#R1">R1. Fetchmail isn't working, and -v shows `SMTP connect failed' messages.</a><br> <a href="#R2">R2. When I try to configure an MDA, fetchmail doesn't work.</a><br> -<a href="#R3">R3. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a><br> -<a href="#R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a><br> -<a href="#R5">R5. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br> +<a href="#R3">R3. Fetchmail dumps core when given an invalid rc file.</a><br> +<a href="#R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a><br> +<a href="#R5">R5. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a><br> +<a href="#R6">R6. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br> <h1>Disappearing mail</h1> @@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ page.<P> Most modern Unixes (and effectively all Linux/*BSD systems) come with POP3 support preconfigured (but beware of the horribly broken POP3 -server mentioned in <a href="#R4">R4</a>). An increasing minority +server mentioned in <a href="#D2">D2</a>). An increasing minority also feature IMAP (you can detect IMAP support by running fetchmail in AUTO mode).<P> @@ -1068,7 +1069,23 @@ match what you sent, then fetchmail or something on the server is broken.<p> <hr> -<h2><a name="R3">R3. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a></h2> +<a name="#R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core when given an invalid rc file.</a></h2> + +This is usually reported from AIX or Ultrix, but has even been known +to happen on Linuxes without a recent version of <code>flex</code> +installed. The problem appears to be a result of linking with an +archaic version of lex.<P> + +Workaround: fix the syntax of your .fetchmailrc file.<P> + +Fix: build and install the latest version of <a +href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/~ftp/pub/gnu">flex</a> from the Free +Software Foundation. An FSF <a +href="http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/order/ftp.html">mirror site</a><P> +will help you get it faster.<P> + +<hr> +<h2><a name="R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core in -V mode, but operates normally otherwise.</a></h2> We've had this reported to us under Linux using libc-5.4.17 and gcc-2.7.2. It does not occur with libc-5.3.12 or earlier versions.<p> @@ -1084,7 +1101,7 @@ fetchmail code (they're all from within fclose, and not an fclose called by fetchmail, either).<p> <hr> -<h2><a name="R4">R4. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a></h2> +<h2><a name="R5">R5. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a></h2> We have a report that under Solaris 2.5 using gcc-2.7.2, if fetchmail is compiled with -O or -O2, it segfaults on startup when reading a @@ -1098,7 +1115,7 @@ corruption screw. But the symptom doesn't reproduce under Linux with the same .fetchmailrc and .netrc.<p> <hr> -<h2><a name="R5">R5. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br></h2> +<h2><a name="R6">R6. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br></h2> We have one report from a Solaris 4.1.4 user that trying to run fetchmail in detached daemon mode doesn't work, but that using the @@ -1562,7 +1579,7 @@ will look right.<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: 1997/10/03 23:05:44 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/06 15:52:42 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |