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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index d45aff5f..664f13f3 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -236,13 +236,15 @@ succession, fetchmail will consider it wedged and stop retrying, the calkling user will be notified by email if this happens. .TP .B \--plugin <command> -(Keyword: plugin) -The plugin option allows you to use an external program to establish the -TCP connection. This is useful if you want to use socks, SSL, ssh, or -need some special firewalling setup. The program will be looked up in -$PATH and can optionally be passed the hostname and port as arguments -using "%h" and "%p" respectively. Fetchmail will write to the plugin's -stdin and read from the plugin's stdout. +(Keyword: plugin) The plugin option allows you to use an external +program to establish the TCP connection. This is useful if you want +to use socks, SSL, ssh, or need some special firewalling setup. The +program will be looked up in $PATH and can optionally be passed the +hostname and port as arguments using "%h" and "%p" respectively (note +that the interpolation logic is rather promitive, and these token must +be bounded by whitespace or beginning of string or end of stribg). +Fetchmail will write to the plugin's stdin and read from the plugin's +stdout. .TP .B \--plugout <command> (Keyword: plugout) |