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option was used.
.PP
The
+.B --invisible
+option tries to make fetchmail invisible. Normally, fetchmail behaves
+like any other MTA would -- it generates a Received header into each
+message describing its place in the chain of transmission, and tells
+the MTA it forwards to that the mail came from the machine fetchmail
+itself is running on. If the invisible option is on, the Received
+header is suppressed and fetchmail tries to spoof the MTA it forwards
+to into thinking it came directly from the mailserver host.
+.PP
+The
.B \-N
or --nodetach option suppresses backgrounding and detachment of the
daemon process from its control terminal. This is primarily useful