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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 3b73a6aa..f5355b12 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -203,9 +203,9 @@ deleted from the upstream server, see "no softbounce" below. (since v6.3.10, Keyword: set softbounce, since v6.3.10) .br Soft bounce mode. All permanent delivery errors cause messages to be -left on the upstream server if the protocol supports that. Default to -match historic fetchmail documentation, to be changed to hard bounce -mode in the next fetchmail release. +left on the upstream server if the protocol supports that. +.B This option is on by default to match historic fetchmail documentation, +and will be changed to hard bounce mode in the next fetchmail release. .SS Disposal Options .TP .B \-a | \-\-all | (since v6.3.3) \-\-fetchall @@ -1568,7 +1568,8 @@ we do not accept mail from it. See also BUGS. .SH SMTP/ESMTP ERROR HANDLING Besides the spam-blocking described above, fetchmail takes special -actions on the following SMTP/ESMTP error responses +actions \(em that may be modified by the \-\-softbounce option \(em on +the following SMTP/ESMTP error response codes .TP 5 452 (insufficient system storage) Leave the message in the server mailbox for later retrieval. @@ -1581,7 +1582,8 @@ originator. Delete the message from the server. Don't even try to send bounce-mail to the originator. .PP -Other errors trigger bounce mail back to the originator. See also BUGS. +Other errors greater or equal to 500 trigger bounce mail back to the +originator, unless suppressed by \-\-softbounce. See also BUGS. .SH THE RUN CONTROL FILE The preferred way to set up fetchmail is to write a |