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@@ -1080,15 +1080,22 @@ fire if
.I fetchmail
timed out while waiting for the server.
.IP 8
-Exclusion error. This means
+Client-side exclusion error. This means
.I fetchmail
either found another copy of itself already running, or failed in such
a way that it isn't sure whether another copy is running.
.IP 9
+The user authentication step failed because the server responded "lock
+busy". Try again after a brief pause! This error is not implemented
+for all protocols, nor for all servers. If not implemented for your
+server, "3" will be returned instead, see above. May be returned when
+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.
run failed while trying to do an SMTP port open or transaction.
-.IP 10
+.IP 11
Internal error. You should see a message on standard error with
details.
.PP