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Diffstat (limited to 'fetchmail.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fetchmail.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c index 7952523d..846c4ae7 100644 --- a/fetchmail.c +++ b/fetchmail.c @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) printf("No SMTP message batch limit.\n"); #ifdef linux if (interface) - printf("TCP/IP interface requirements are %s.\n", interface); + printf("TCP/IP interface requirements for %s.\n", interface); else if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE) printf("No TCP/IP interface requirements specified.\n"); if (monitor) @@ -335,15 +335,19 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) * reflect the status of that transaction. */ do { -#ifdef linux - if (poll_interval && monitor) - sleep(3); /* allow some time for the link to quiesce */ - - interface_note_activity(); -#endif - if (poll_interval) { +#ifdef linux + if (monitor) + { + /* + * Allow some time for the link to quiesce. + * Note: this delay is important! Don't remove it casually! + */ + sleep(3); + interface_note_activity(); + } +#endif if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE) { time_t now; |