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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 3407717b..c8ebb506 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: 1998/05/13 06:36:21 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/05/14 01:01:14 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ IP address?</a><br> <a href="#C3">C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?</a><br> <a href="#C4">C4. How can I get fetchmail to work with ssh?</a><br> <a href="#C5">C5. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam 571 response?</a><br> -<a href="#C6">C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail -when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <h1>How to make fetchmail play nice with other software:</h1> @@ -396,7 +394,7 @@ ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches</a> (IPv6).<P> These patches use a SASL authentication method named "X-OTP" because there is not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets -his mail ;)<P> +his mail ;-)<P> (One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to ITAR restrictions.)<P> @@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ machine had when it started up.<P> Since the new IP address (looked up at RCPT TO interpretation time) doesn't match the original, the most benign possible result is that your MTA thinks it's seeing a relaying attempt and refuses. More -frequently, fetchmail will try to connect top a nonexistent host +frequently, fetchmail will try to connect to a nonexistent host address and time out. Worst case, you could up forwarding your mail to the wrong machine!<P> @@ -476,7 +474,9 @@ href="#T10">T10</a><P> In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: ``Take the Solaris lex and stick it up the backside of a passing Sun -salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier.''<P> +salesman, then install <a +href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/~ftp/pub/gnu">flex</a> and use that. All +will be happier.''<P> I couldn't have put it better myself, and aren't going to try now.<P> @@ -712,17 +712,20 @@ more complicated or both.<p> <hr> <h2><a name="C2">C2. How can I arrange for a fetchmail daemon to get killed when I log out?</a></h2> -Fetchmail versions before 2.3 actually used SIGHUP as a wakeup signal. -Newer versions use SIGUSR1 for wakeup (and SIGHUP only in -background-daemon mode) in order to avoid any potential confusion -about logout-time behavior. The right way to dispatch fetchmail on -logout is to arrange for the command `fetchmail -q' to be called on -logout.<p> - -Under bash, you can arrange this by putting `fetchmail -q' in the file +The easiest way to dispatch fetchmail on logout (which will work +reliably onlif you have just one login going at any time) is to +arrange for the command `fetchmail -q' to be called on logout. Under +bash, you can arrange this by putting `fetchmail -q' in the file `~/.bash_logout'. Most csh variants execute `~/.logout' on logout. For other shells, consult your shell manual page.<p> +Automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail is a little harder to arrange +if you may have multiple login sessions going. In the contrib +subdirectory of the fetchmail distribution there is some shell code +you can add to your .bash_login and .bash_logout profiles that will +accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere <babydr@nwrain.net> for +it.<p> + <hr> <h2><a name="C3">C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?</a></h2> @@ -959,15 +962,6 @@ to allow sendmail to process the message further and generate an error message to the sender. <p> <hr> -<h2><a name="C6">C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail -when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a></h2> - -In the contrib subdirectory of the fetchmail distribution there is -some shell code you can add to your .bash_login and .bash_logout -profiles that will accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere -<babydr@nwrain.net> for it.<p> - -<hr> <h2><a name="T1">T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?</a></h2> For most sendmails, no special configuration is required. Eric Allman @@ -1136,7 +1130,7 @@ problem unless the actual size of the message is above the listener's configured length limit).<P> If you want these fixed, go bug the Evil Empire. Or, better yet, -install a real operating system on your server and run IMAP.<P> +install a real operating system on your mailserver and run IMAP.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="T8">T8. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?</a></h2> @@ -1170,7 +1164,7 @@ bytes. It also has a nasty habit of discarding headers it doesn't recognize, such as X- and Resent- headers.<P> As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a -POP server that isn't brain-dead.<P> +POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead.<P> <hr> <h2><a name="#T10">T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?</a></h2> @@ -1916,7 +1910,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.<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: 1998/05/13 06:36:21 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/05/14 01:01:14 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |