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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 0168e0ce..c71dc65c 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: 1997/10/06 20:34:27 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/16 14:51:46 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ mail it to fetchmail's maintainer, Eric S. Raymond, at <a href="#G6">G6. So, what's this I hear about a fetchmail paper?</a><br> <a href="#G7">G7. What is the best server to use with fetchmail?</a><br> <a href="#G8">G8. How can I avoid sending my password en clair?</a><br> +<a href="#G9">G9. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic +IP address?</a><br> <h1>Build-time problems:</h1> @@ -354,6 +356,27 @@ Sadly, there is at present (October 1997) no OTP or APOP-like facility generally available on IMAP servers.<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="G9">G9. Is any special configuration needed to use a dynamic IP address?</a><h2> + +No. Fetchmail itself doesn't care whether the IP address you use is +static (fixed) or dynamic (varying, allocated at connection time by +your ISP from an address pool). In fact, fetchmail normally doesn't +use your address explicitly at all; it only cares that you have a +working gateway.<P> + +Only one fetchmail option interacts with your IP address at all, +`<code>interface</code>'. This option can be used to set the gateway +device and restrict the IP address range fetchmail will use. Such a +restriction is sometimes useful for security reasons, especially on +multihomed sites. See <a href="http:#C3">C3</a>.<P> + +I recommend against trying to set up the <code>interface</code> option +when initially developing your poll configuration -- it's never +necessary to do this just to get a link working. Get the link working +first, observe the actual address range you see on connections, and +add an <code>interface</code> option (if you need one) later.<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="B1">B1. I get link failures when I try to build fetchmail.</a></h2> If you get errors resembling these<P> @@ -1589,7 +1612,7 @@ 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: 1997/10/06 20:34:27 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/10/16 14:51:46 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |