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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index befc865f..5b52eb67 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: 2000/11/11 18:20:46 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/11/11 19:23:49 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#F2">F2. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my all-numeric user name.</a><br> <a href="#F3">F3. The .fetchmailrc parser won't accept my host or username beginning with `no'.</a><br> <a href="#F4">F4. I'm getting a `parse error' message I don't understand.</a><br> +<a href="#F5">F5. The %h and %p escapes aren't being interporated correctly.</a><br> <h1>Configuration questions:</h1> @@ -797,6 +798,30 @@ Unfortunately, they're necessary in order to allow the `defaults' feature to work.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="F5">F5. The %h and %p escapes aren't being interporated correctly.</a></h2> + +Note that %h and %p are only recognized as placeholders if they are a +single word each; you cannot use %h:%p or other interpolations that +aren't space-delimited. If you happen to need such a thing, write a +wrapper. For example, in .fetchmailrc you can add this line:<p> + +<pre> +plugin 'mywrap.sh %h %p' +</pre> + +With mywrap.sh containing:<p> + +<pre> +#! /bin/sh +if test $# -ne 2 ; then + echo "usage: `basename $0` <host> <port>" + exit 1 +fi +exec openssl 2>/dev/null s_client -connect $1:$2 -quiet +exit 2 # never reached unless openssl fails +</pre> + +<hr> <h2><a name="C1">C1. Why do I need a .fetchmailrc when running as root on my own machine?</a></h2> Ian T. Zimmerman <itz@rahul.net> asked:<p> @@ -2941,7 +2966,7 @@ install Linux on your server...<p> <table width="100%" cellpadding=0><tr> <td width="30%">Back to <a href="index.html">Fetchmail Home Page</a> <td width="30%" align=center>To <a href="/~esr/sitemap.html">Site Map</a> -<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/11/11 18:20:46 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 2000/11/11 19:23:49 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |