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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 1d723cfb..0831ead0 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: 1997/09/16 15:18:30 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/16 21:02:32 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#R5">R5. Mail that was being fetched when I interrupted my fetchmail seems to have been vanished.</a></br> <a href="#R6">R6. Fetchmail dumps core when I use a .netrc file but works otherwise.</a><br> <a href="#R7">R7. All my mail seems to disappear after an interrupt.</a><br> +<a href="#R8">R8. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br> <h1>Multidrop-mode problems:</h1> @@ -993,6 +994,20 @@ and clean up its queue. (Fetchmail waits a bit before retrying in order to avoid a `lock busy' error.)<P> <hr> +<h2><a name="R8">R8. Running fetchmail in daemon mode doesn't work.</a><br></h2> + +We have one report from a Solaris 4.1.4 user that trying to run +fetchmail in detached daemon mode doesn't work, but that using the +same options with -N (nodetach) is OK.<P> + +If this happens, you have a specific portability problem with the code +in daemon.c that detaches and backgrounds the daemon fetchmail. Tell +me about it so I can try to fix it. As a workaround, you can start +fetchmail with -N and an ampersand to background it.<P> + +This should not happen under Linux or any truly POSIX-conformant Unix.<P> + +<hr> <h2><a name="M1">M1. I've declared local names, but all my multidrop mail is going to root anyway.</a></h2> @@ -1313,7 +1328,7 @@ template string in fetchmail.c. <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: 1997/09/16 15:18:30 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/16 21:02:32 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |