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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index edab520f..7c96a450 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -229,7 +229,9 @@ same?</a><br/> <a href="#O11">O11. I keep getting messages that say "Repoll immediately" in my logs.</a><br/> <a href="#O12">O12. Fetchmail no longer expunges mail on a 451 SMTP response.</a><br/> -<a href="#O13">O13. I want timestamp information in my fetchmail logs.</a> +<a href="#O13">O13. I want timestamp information in my fetchmail logs.</a><br/> +<a href="#O14">O14. Fetchmail no longer deletes oversized mails with +--flush.</a><br/> <h1>Answers:</h1> @@ -3569,6 +3571,24 @@ dns errors.</p> does something like "date >> $HOME/Procmail/fetchmail.log".</p> <hr/> +<h2><a name="O14">O14. Fetchmail no longer deletes oversized mails with +--flush.</a></h2> + +<p>Use <code>--limitflush</code> to delete oversized mails along with +the <code>--limit</code> option. If you are already having +<code>flush</code> in your rcfile to delete oversized mails, +<em>replace</em> it with <code>limitflush</code> to avoid losing mails +unintentionally.</p> + +<p>The <code>--flush</code> option is primarily designed to delete +mails which have been read/downloaded but not deleted yet. This option +cannot be overloaded to delete oversized mails as it cannot be guessed +whether the user wants to delete only read/downloaded mails or only +oversized mails or both when a user specifies both +<code>--limit</code> and <code>--flush</code>. Hence, a separate +<code>--limitflush</code> has been added to resolve the ambiguity.</p> + +<hr/> <table width="100%" cellpadding="0" summary="Canned page footer"> <tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home |