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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index f88a0d59..e3d7b5da 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ <BODY> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> -$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.8 1997/04/17 15:14:34 esr Exp $<p> +$Id: fetchmail-FAQ.html,v 1.9 1997/05/03 02:38:26 esr Exp $<p> -(Added <a href="#B3">B3</a> on broken makes, <a href="http:#C6">C6</a> -on working with qmail and <a href="http:#C7">C7</a> on managing -fetchmail in the presence of multiple login sessions.)<p> +(Added <a href="#O4">O3</a> on nonexistent logfiles.)<p> Before reporting any bug, please read <a href="#G3">G3</a> for advice on how to include diagnostic information that will get your bug fixed @@ -85,6 +83,10 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#X3">X3. My mail client can't see a Subject line.</a><br> <a href="#X4">X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.</a><br> +<h1>Other Problems:</h1> + +<a href="#O4">O4. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.</a><br> + <h1>Answers:</h1> <hr> <h2><a name="G1">G1. What is fetchmail and why should I bother?</a></h2> @@ -889,7 +891,7 @@ X- headers correctly. If this is your problem, all I can suggest is replacing IDA sendmail, because it's broken and not RFC822 conformant.<p> <hr> -<h2>X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.</a></h2> +<h2><a name="X4">X4. Messages containing "From" at start of line are being split.</a></h2> If you know the messages aren't split in your server mailbox, then this is a problem with your POP/IMAP server, your client-side SMTP listener or @@ -924,6 +926,16 @@ describing your local delivery agent. Try inserting the `E' option in the flags part (the F= string). This will make sendmail turn each dangerous start-of-line From into a >From, preventing programs further downstream from acting up.<p> + +<hr> +<h2><a name="O4">O4. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.</a></h2> + +This is a feature, not a bug. It's in line with normal practice for +system daemons and allows you to suppress logging by removing the log, +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> + <HR> <ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> </BODY> |