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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 07e52cef..a7e0eba8 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ be comma-separated. .B \-m <command> | \-\-mda <command> (Keyword: mda) You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly (rather than forwarded to port 25) with the --mda or -m option. To -avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like procmail or +avoid losing mail, use this option only with MDAs like maildrop, procmail or sendmail that return a nonzero status on disk-full and other resource-exhaustion errors; the nonzero status tells fetchmail that delivery failed and prevents the message from being deleted off the @@ -450,14 +450,15 @@ and "/usr/bin/procmail -d %T" (but the latter is usually redundant as it's what SMTP listeners normally forward to). Local delivery addresses will be inserted into the MDA command wherever you place a %T; the mail message's From address will be inserted where you place -an %F. In both cases the addresses are enclosed in single quotes ('), +an %F. \fBDO NOT ENCLOSE THE %F OR %T STRING IN SINGLE QUOTES!\fR For +both %T and %F, fetchmail encloses the addresses in single quotes ('), after removing any single quotes they may contain, before the MDA -command is passed to the shell. Do \fInot\fR use an MDA invocation +command is passed to the shell. Do \fINOT\fR use an MDA invocation like "sendmail -i -t" that dispatches on the contents of To/Cc/Bcc, it will create mail loops and bring the just wrath of many postmasters down upon your head. Also, do \fInot\fR try to combine multidrop -mode with an MDA such as procmail that can only accept one addressee; -you will lose. +mode with an MDA such as procmail that can only accept one address; +you will lose mail. .TP .B \-\-lmtp (Keyword: lmtp) |