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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 7a596e77..522de040 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ not work with POP2, and may occasionally flake out under POP3. .TP .B \-s | \-\-silent Silent mode. Suppresses all progress/status messages that are -normally echoed to standard error during a fetch (but does not +normally echoed to standard output during a fetch (but does not suppress actual error messages). The --verbose option overrides this. .TP .B \-v | \-\-verbose @@ -162,14 +162,13 @@ you have specified a default of \fBkeep\fR in your \&\fI.fetchmailrc\fR. This option is forced on with ETRN and ODMR. .TP .B \-F | \-\-flush -POP3/IMAP only. Delete old (previously retrieved) messages from the mailserver -before retrieving new messages. This option does not work with ETRN or -ODMR. In combination with the --limit option, --flush can be used to -delete oversized messages waiting on the server. -Warning: if your local MTA hangs and fetchmail is aborted, the next -time you run fetchmail, it will delete mail that was never delivered to you. -What you probably want is the default setting: if you don't specify `-k', then -fetchmail will automatically delete messages after successful delivery. +POP3/IMAP only. Delete old (previously retrieved) messages from the +mailserver before retrieving new messages. This option does not work +with ETRN or ODMR. Warning: if your local MTA hangs and fetchmail is +aborted, the next time you run fetchmail, it will delete mail that was +never delivered to you. What you probably want is the default +setting: if you don't specify `-k', then fetchmail will automatically +delete messages after successful delivery. .SS Protocol and Query Options .TP .B \-p <proto> | \-\-protocol <proto> |