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@@ -223,6 +223,20 @@ down host. This would be particularly annoying for a \fIfetchmail\fR
running in background. There is a default timeout which fetchmail -V
will report.
.TP
+.B \--plugin
+(Keyword: plugin)
+The plugin option allows you to use an external program to establish the
+TCP connection. This is useful if you want to use socks or need some
+special firewalling setup. The program will be looked up in $PATH and
+it will be passed two arguments: the name of the server and the name of
+the port.
+.TP
+.B \--plugout
+(Keyword: plugout)
+Identical to the plugin option above, but this one is used for the SMTP
+connections (which will probably not need it, so it has been separated
+from plugin).
+.TP
.B \-r folder, --folder folder
(Keyword: folder[s])
Causes a specified non-default mail folder on the mailserver (or
@@ -898,7 +912,7 @@ Turn off error logging through syslog(3).
T}
.TE
-Here are the legal user options:
+Here are the legal server options:
.TS
l l lw34.
@@ -938,6 +952,12 @@ T}
monitor -M T{
Specify IP address to monitor for activity
T}
+plugin \& T{
+Specify command through which to make server connections.
+T}
+plugout \& T{
+Specify command through which to make listener connections.
+T}
dns \& T{
Enable DNS lookup for multidrop (default)
T}