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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 8726bdbb..876e8424 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -88,24 +88,19 @@ therefore work automatically. .PP If no port 25 listener is available, but your fetchmail configuration was told about a reliable local MDA, it will use that MDA for local -delivery instead. At build time, fetchmail normally looks for -executable -.IR procmail (1) -and -.IR sendmail (1) -binaries. +delivery instead. .PP If the program .I fetchmailconf is available, it will assist you in setting up and editing a -fetchmailrc configuration. It runs under X and requires that the -language Python and the Tk toolkit be present on your system. If -you are first setting up fetchmail for single-user mode, it is -recommended that you use Novice mode. Expert mode provides -complete control of fetchmail configuration, including the -multidrop features. In either case, the `Autoprobe' button -will tell you the most capable protocol a given mailserver -supports, and warn you of potential problems with that server. +fetchmailrc configuration. It runs under the X window system and +requires that the language Python and the Tk toolkit be present on your +system. If you are first setting up fetchmail for single-user mode, it +is recommended that you use Novice mode. Expert mode provides complete +control of fetchmail configuration, including the multidrop features. +In either case, the `Autoprobe' button will tell you the most capable +protocol a given mailserver supports, and warn you of potential problems +with that server. .SH GENERAL OPERATION The behavior of @@ -256,7 +251,7 @@ a static DNS. (Keyword: uidl) Force UIDL use (effective only with POP3). Force client-side tracking of `newness' of messages (UIDL stands for ``unique ID listing'' and is -described in RFC1725). Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby +described in RFC1939). Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby news drop for a group of users. The fact that seen messages are skipped is logged, unless error logging is done through syslog while running in daemon mode. @@ -1006,8 +1001,13 @@ option was used. The .B \-N or --nodetach option suppresses backgrounding and detachment of the -daemon process from its control terminal. This is primarily useful -for debugging. Note that this also causes the logfile option to be +daemon process from its control terminal. This is useful +for debugging or when fetchmail runs as the child of a supervisor +process such as +.IR init (8) +or Gerrit Pape's +.I runit. +Note that this also causes the logfile option to be ignored (though perhaps it shouldn't). .PP Note that while running in daemon mode polling a POP2 or IMAP2bis server, @@ -1153,8 +1153,7 @@ triggers this feature will elicit an SMTP response which .PP Newer versions of .I sendmail -return an error code of 571. This return value -is blessed by RFC1893 as "Delivery not authorized, message refused". +return an error code of 571. .PP According to RFC2821, the correct thing to return in this situation is 550 "Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable" (the draft adds @@ -1169,7 +1168,7 @@ The .I postfix MTA runs 554 as an antispam response. .PP -.I Zmailer +.I Zmailer may reject code with a 500 response (followed by an enhanced status code that contains more information). .PP @@ -2168,7 +2167,7 @@ default run control file .TP 5 ~/.fetchids default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen -(used only with newer RFC1725-compliant POP3 servers supporting the +(used only with newer RFC1939-compliant POP3 servers supporting the UIDL command). .TP 5 ~/.fetchmail.pid @@ -2278,7 +2277,7 @@ with the plugin option. The `principal' option only handles Kerberos IV, not V. .PP Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the -fetchmail-friends list <fetchmail-friends@lists.ccil.org>. An HTML FAQ is +fetchmail-devel list <fetchmail-devel@lists.berlios.de>. An HTML FAQ is available at the fetchmail home page; surf to http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ or do a WWW search for pages with `fetchmail' in their titles. @@ -2342,5 +2341,5 @@ RFC 2033. GSSAPI: RFC 1508. .TP 5 -TLS +TLS: RFC 2595. |