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@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ and the mailserver are echoed to stderr. Overrides --silent.
(Keyword: fetchall)
Retrieve both old (seen) and new messages from the mailserver. The
default is to fetch only messages the server has not marked seen.
+Under POP3, this option also forces the use of RETR rather than TOP.
Note that POP2 retrieval behaves as though --all is always on (see
RETRIEVAL FAILURE MODES below) and this option does not work with ETRN.
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