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Diffstat (limited to 'fetchmail.man')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 0188a0de..ded662af 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1248,6 +1248,9 @@ T} mimedecode \& T{ Convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages T} +idle \& T{ +Idle waiting for new messages after each poll (IMAP only) +T} no keep -K T{ Delete seen messages from server (default) T} @@ -1275,6 +1278,9 @@ T} no mimedecode \& T{ Don't convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages (default) T} +no idle \& T{ +Don't idle waiting for new messages after each poll (IMAP only) +T} limit -l T{ Set message size limit T} @@ -1314,7 +1320,7 @@ the following: `via', `interval', `aka', `is', `to', `dns'/`no dns', `checkalias'/`no checkalias', `password', `preconnect', `postconnect', `localdomains', `stripcr'/`no stripcr', `forcecr'/`no forcecr', `pass8bits'/`no pass8bits' `dropstatus/no dropstatus', `mimedecode/no -mimedecode', and `no envelope'. +mimedecode', `idle/no idle', and `no envelope'. .PP The `via' option is for use with ssh, or if you want to have more than one configuration pointing at the same site. If it is present, @@ -1471,6 +1477,17 @@ default, because doing RFC2047 conversion on headers throws away character-set information and can lead to bad results if the encoding of the headers differs from the body encoding. .PP +The `idle' option is usable only with IMAP servers supporting the +RFC2177 IDLE command extension. If it is enabled, and fetchmail +detects that IDLE is supported, an IDLE will be issued at the end +of each poll. This will tell the IMAP server to hold the connection +open and notify the client when new mail is available. If you need to +poll a link frequently, IDLE can save bandwidth by eliminating TCP/IP +connects and LOGIN/LOGOUT sequences. On the other hand, an IDLE +connection will eat almost akll of your fetchmail's time, because it +will never drop the connection and allow other pools to occur unless +the server times out the IDLE. +.PP The `properties' option is an extension mechanism. It takes a string argument, which is ignored by fetchmail itself. The string argument may be used to store configuration information for scripts which require it. @@ -1978,7 +1995,7 @@ SMTP/ESMTP: RFC 821, RFC 1869, RFC 1652, RFC 1870, RFC1983, RFC 1985 .TP 5 mail: -RFC 822, RFC 1892, RFC1894 +RFC 822, RFC 1892, RFC 1894 .TP 5 POP2: RFC 937 @@ -1996,7 +2013,7 @@ IMAP2/IMAP2BIS: RFC 1176, RFC 1732 .TP 5 IMAP4/IMAP4rev1: -RFC 1730, RFC 1731, RFC 1732, RFC 2060, RFC 2061, RFC 2195 +RFC 1730, RFC 1731, RFC 1732, RFC 2060, RFC 2061, RFC 2195, RFC 2177 .TP 5 ETRN: RFC 1985 |