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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index e912cd0c..6923ad05 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -664,14 +664,11 @@ Smail 3.2 is very nearly plug-compatible with sendmail, and will work fine out of the box.<P> We have one report that when processing multiple messages from a -single SMTP session, smail sometimes delivers them in an order other -than received-date order. This can be annoying because it scrambles -conversational threads.<P> - -If you don't have a mail user agent like elm that can sort your -mailbox by date, you can prevent this symptom (at the cost of a slight -loss of efficiency) by using the option `batchlimit 1' to force a -separate SMTP connnect to your listener for each message.<P> +single fetchmail session, smail sometimes delivers them in an +order other than received-date order. This can be annoying because it +scrambles conversational threads. This is not fetchmail's problem, +it is an smail "feature" and has been reported to the maintainers +as a bug.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="R1">R1. I think I've set up fetchmail correctly, but I'm not getting any mail.</a></h2> @@ -964,7 +961,7 @@ without hacking potentially fragile startup scripts. To get around it, just touch(1) the logfile before you run fetchmail (this will have no effect on the contents of the logfile if it already exists).<P> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.12 1997/05/10 14:57:34 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.13 1997/05/11 04:35:35 esr Exp $<p> <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |