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@@ -735,10 +735,10 @@ Specifying `kpop' sets POP3 protocol over port 1109 with Kerberos V4
authentication. These defaults may be overridden by later options.
.PP
You can use the noise keywords `and', `with',
-`has', `wants', and `options' anywhere in an entry to make
+\&`has', `wants', and `options' anywhere in an entry to make
it resemble English. They're ignored, but but can make entries much
easier to read at a glance. The punctuation characters ':', ';' and
-',' are also ignored.
+\&',' are also ignored.
.PP
The words `here' and `there' have useful English-like
significance. Normally `user eric is esr' would mean that
@@ -1070,6 +1070,9 @@ The RFC822 parser used in multidrop mode chokes on some @-addresses that
are technically legal but bizarre. Strange uses of quoting and
embedded comments are likely to confuse it.
.PP
+Retrieval using IMAP will hang if a message has embedded NUL
+characters. (This will be fixed in a future release.)
+.PP
Use of any of the supported protocols other than APOP, KPOP, or ETRN requires
that the program send unencrypted passwords over the TCP/IP connection
to the mailserver. This creates a risk that name/password pairs