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<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: 1998/08/17 23:43:06 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/08/24 16:53:43 $
</table>
<HR>
<H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1>
@@ -1168,11 +1168,13 @@ If you do want multidrop, make sure your fetchmail has SDPS enabled
string "+SDPS"). If it dioesn't, rebuild from source the
--enable-SDPS option.<P>
-Once you have SDPS enabled, fetchmail will automatically detect when it's
-talking to a Demon Internet host in multidrop mode, and use the *ENV
-extension to get envelope To addresses.<P>
+Once you have SDPS enabled, fetchmail in POP3 mode will automatically
+detect when it's talking to a Demon Internet host in multidrop mode,
+and use the *ENV extension to get envelope To addresses.<P>
-(Note: in stock 4.5.5, the SDPS code is present but untested.)<P>
+The autodetection works by looking at the hostname in the POP3
+greeting line; if you're accessing Demon Internet through a proxy
+it may fail. To force SDPS mode, pick "sdps" is your protocol.<P>
<hr>
<h2><a name="S4">S4. How can I use fetchmail with usa.net's servers?</a></h2>
@@ -2099,7 +2101,7 @@ 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: 1998/08/17 23:43:06 $
+<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1998/08/24 16:53:43 $
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<P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com">&lt;esr@snark.thyrsus.com&gt;</A></ADDRESS>