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@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ higher) to immediately open an sender-SMTP connection to your your
client machine and begin forwarding any items addressed to your client
machine in the server's queue of undelivered mail.
.TP
+.B \-U, --uidl
+Force UIDL use (effective only with POP3). Force client-side tracking
+of `newness' of messages. Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby
+news drop for a group of users; if the mailbox is periodically purged,
+every member will get a chance to read the message.
+.TP
.B \-P, --port
The option permits you to specify a TCP/IP port to connect on.
This option will seldom be necessary as all the supported protocols have