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diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 4d48e2a6..589e7d93 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: 1997/08/11 20:03:53 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/03 19:19:34 $ </table> <HR> <H1>Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail</H1> @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ when I may have multiple login sessions going?</a><br> <a href="#O1">O1. The --logfile option doesn't work if the logfile doesn't exist.</a><br> <a href="#O2">O2. Every time I get a POP or IMAP message the header is dumped to all my terminal sessions.</a><br> +<a href="#O3">O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?</a><br> <h1>Answers:</h1> <hr> @@ -1197,7 +1198,7 @@ no effect on the contents of the logfile if it already exists).<P> <h2><a name="O2">O2. Every time I get a POP or IMAP message the header is dumped to all my terminal sessions.</a></h2> -fetchmail uses the local sendmail to perform final delivery, which +Fetchmail uses the local sendmail to perform final delivery, which Netscape and other clients doen't do; the announcement of new messages is done by a daemon that sendmail pokes. There should be a ``biff'' command to control this. Type @@ -1230,11 +1231,17 @@ biff n to solve the problem system-wide.<P> +<hr> +<h2><a name="O3">O3. Does fetchmail reread its rc file every poll cycle?</a></h2> + +No. Fetchmail only reads the rc file once, when it starts up. To +force an rc file reread, do <code>fetchmail -q; fetchmail</code>.<P> + <HR> <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: 1997/08/11 20:03:53 $ +<td width="30%" align=right>$Date: 1997/09/03 19:19:34 $ </table> <P><ADDRESS>Eric S. Raymond <A HREF="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com"><esr@snark.thyrsus.com></A></ADDRESS> |