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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index a6ea4142..03fa6b52 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -290,6 +290,21 @@ file. This is convenient when using .I fetchmail in daemon mode or with scripts. .PP +If you do not specify a password, and +.I fetchmail +cannot extract one from your +.I .fetchmailrc +file, it will look for a +.I .netrc +file in your home directory before requesting one interactively; if an +entry matching the mailserver is found in that file, the password will +be used. See the +.IR ftp (1) +man page for details of the syntax of the +.I .netrc +file. (This feature may allow you to avoid duplicating password +information in more than one file.) +.PP On mailservers that do not provide ordinary user accounts, your user-id and password are usually assigned by the server administrator when you apply for a mailbox on the server. Contact your server administrator if you don't know @@ -843,6 +858,10 @@ default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen (used only with newer RFC1725-compliant POP3 servers supporting the UIDL command). .TP 5 +~/.netrc your FTP run control file, which (if present) will be +searched for passwords as a last resort before prompting for one +interactively. +.TP 5 ~/.fetchmail lock file to help prevent concurrent runs (non-root mode). .TP 5 |