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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index bae9cb61..bd8844c7 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: 1999/06/07 12:04:11 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:39:16 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -950,6 +950,10 @@ Cwlocalhost so that sendmail recognizes `localhost' as a name of its host.<p> +If you're mailing from another machine on your local network, also +ensure that its IP address is listed in ip_allow or name in name_allow +(usually in /etc/mail/)<p> + If you find that your sendmail doesn't like the address `FETCHMAIL-DAEMON@localhost' (which is used in the bouncemail that fetchmail generates), you may have to set @@ -1347,14 +1351,16 @@ provider.)<P> <hr> <h2><a name="S6">S6. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?</a></h2> -No special configuration is required, but OpenMail has an annoying bug -similar to the big one in <a href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a>. -The message sizes it gives in the LIST are rounded to the nearest 1024 -bytes. It also has a nasty habit of discarding headers it doesn't -recognize, such as X- and Resent- headers.<P> +No special configuration is required, but OpenMail versions prior to +6.0 have an annoying bug similar to the big one in <a +href="#S2">Microsoft Exchange</a>. The message sizes it gives in the +LIST are rounded to the nearest 1024 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 (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead.<P> +POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead. OpenMail's +project manager claims these bugs have been fixed in 6.0<P> <hr> <h2><a name="S8">S8. How can I use fetchmail with Hotmail?</a></h2> @@ -2385,7 +2391,7 @@ inactivity timeout.<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: 1999/06/07 12:04:11 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1999/06/08 07:39:16 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |