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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 06dc9b41..8d29fefb 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -487,6 +487,29 @@ poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit --fetchlimit of 0 overrides any limits set in your run control file. This option does not work with ETRN or ODMR. .TP +.B \-\-fetchsizelimit <number> +(Keyword: fetchsizelimit) +Limit the number of sizes of messages accepted from a given server in +a single transaction. This option is useful in reducing the delay in +downloading the first mail when there are too many mails in the +mailbox. By default, the limit is 100. If set to 0, sizes of all +messages are downloaded at the start. +This option does not work with ETRN or ODMR. For POP3, the only valid +non-zero value is 1. +.TP +.B \-\-fastuidl <number> +(Keyword: fastuidl) +Do a binary instead of linear search for the first unseen UID. Binary +search avoids downloading the UIDs of all mails. This saves time +(especially in daemon mode) where downloading the same set of UIDs in +each poll is a waste of bandwidth. The number `n' indicates how rarely +a linear search should be done. In daemon mode, linear search is used +once followed by binary searches in `n-1' polls if `n' is greater than +1; binary search is always used if `n' is 1; linear search is always +used if `n' is 0. In non-daemon mode, binary search is used if `n' is +1; otherwise linear search is used. +This option works with POP3 only. +.TP .B \-e <count> | \-\-expunge <count> (keyword: expunge) Arrange for deletions to be made final after a given number of @@ -1479,6 +1502,12 @@ T} fetchlimit -B T{ Max # messages to fetch in single connect T} +fetchsizelimit \& T{ +Max # message sizes to fetch in single transaction +T} +fastuidl \& T{ +Use binary search for first unseen message (POP3 only) +T} expunge -e T{ Perform an expunge on every #th message (IMAP and POP3 only) T} |