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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index e98cfd05..c5085183 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ declare them in a .I fetchmailrc file. .PP -Some special options are not covered here, but are documented insttead -in sections on AUTHENTICATION and DAEMON MODE which follows. +Some special options are not covered here, but are documented instead +in sections on AUTHENTICATION and DAEMON MODE which follow. .SS General Options .TP .B \-V, --version @@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ fetchmail will automatically delete messages after successful delivery. .TP .B \-p, \--protocol proto (Keyword: proto[col]) -Specify the protocol to used when communicating with the remote -mailserver. If no protocol is specified, -.I fetchmail -will try each of the supported protocols in turn, terminating after -any successful attempt. +Specify the protocol to use when communicating with the remote +mailserver. If no protocol is specified, the default is AUTO. .I proto may be one of the following: .RS +.IP AUTO +Tries each of the supported protocols in turn, terminating after +any successful attempt. .IP POP2 Post Office Protocol 2 .IP POP3 @@ -237,11 +237,12 @@ Specify a hunt list of hosts to forward mail to (one or more hostnames, comma-separated). In ETRN mode, set the host that the mailserver is asked to ship mail to. Hosts are tried in list order; the first one that is up becomes the forwarding or ETRN target for the -current run. In ETRN mode, the FQDN of the machine running fetchmail -is added to the end of the list as an invisible default; in all other -modes `localhost' is added to the end of the list as an invisible -default. Each hostname may have a '/'-delimited suffix specifying a -port or service to forward to; the default is 25 (or "smtp" under IPv6). +current run. Normally, `localhost' is added to the end of the list as +an invisible default. However, when using ETRN mode or Kerberos +authentication, the FQDN of the machine running fetchmail is added to +the end of the list as an invisible default. Each hostname may have a +'/'-delimited suffix specifying a port or service to forward to; the +default is 25 (or "smtp" under IPv6). .TP .B \-D domain, --smtpaddress domain (Keyword: smtpaddress) @@ -907,7 +908,7 @@ auth[enticate] -A T{ Set preauthentication type (default `password') T} timeout -t T{ -Server inactivity timout in seconds (default 300) +Server inactivity timeout in seconds (default 300) T} envelope -E T{ Specify envelope-address header name @@ -1077,11 +1078,10 @@ following them. .PP All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments, except 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'. +`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'. .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, @@ -1301,14 +1301,14 @@ rather to the list manager (which is less annoying). In multidrop mode, destination headers are processed as follows: First, fetchmail looks for the Received: header (or whichever one is specified by the `envelope' option) to determine the local -recipient adress. If the mail is addressed to more than one recipient, -the Received line won't contain any information regarding recipient adresses. +recipient address. If the mail is addressed to more than one recipient, +the Received line won't contain any information regarding recipient addresses. Then fetchmail looks for the Resent-To:, Resent-Cc:, and Resent-Bcc: lines. If they exists, they should contain the final recipients and have precedence over their To:/Cc:/Bcc: counterparts. If the Resent-* lines doesn't exist, the To:, Cc:, Bcc: and Apparently-To: lines are -looked for. (The presence of a Resent-To: is taken to impluy that the +looked for. (The presence of a Resent-To: is taken to imply that the person referred by the To: address has already received the original copy of the mail). @@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ in each message containing a copy of the envelope addresses. This header (when it exists) is often `X-Envelope-To'. Fetchmail's assumption about this can be changed with the -E or `envelope' option. Note that writing an envelope header of this kind exposes the names of -recipients (including blind-copy recopients) to all receivers of the +recipients (including blind-copy recipients) to all receivers of the messages; it is therefore regarded by some administrators as a security/privacy problem. .PP @@ -1568,8 +1568,8 @@ One or more messages were successfully retrieved. There was no mail awaiting retrieval. (There may have been old mail still on the server but not selected for retrieval.) .IP 2 -An error was encountered when attempting to open a socket for the POP -connection. If you don't know what a socket is, don't worry about it -- +An error was encountered when attempting to open a socket to retrieve +mail. If you don't know what a socket is, don't worry about it -- just treat this as an 'unrecoverable error'. .IP 3 The user authentication step failed. This usually means that a bad @@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ talking to qpopper or other servers that can respond with "lock busy" or some similar text containing the word "lock". .IP 10 The -.I fetchmail. +.I fetchmail run failed while trying to do an SMTP port open or transaction. .IP 11 Fatal DNS error. Fetchmail encountered an error while performing |