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@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ as a spam-block response from the listener. A value of -1 disables
this option. For the command-line option, the list values should
be comma-separated.
.TP
-.B \-m, \--mda <command>
+.B \-m <command>, \--mda <command>
(Keyword: mda)
You can force mail to be passed to an MDA directly (rather than
forwarded to port 25) with the -mda or -m option. Be aware that this
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ port \fImust\fR be explicitly specified (with a slash suffix) on each
host in the smtphost hunt list) if this option is selected; the
default port 25 will (in accordance with RFC 2033) not be accepted.
.TP
-.B \--bsmtp
+.B \--bsmtp <filename>
(keyword: bsmtp)
Append fetched mail to a BSMTP file. This simply contains the SMTP
commands that would normally be generated by fetchmail when passing
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ correct; the caveats discussed under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP
MAILBOXES below apply.
.SS Resource Limit Control Options
.TP
-.B \-l, --limit <maxbytes>
+.B \-l <maxbytes>, --limit <maxbytes>
(Keyword: limit)
Takes a maximum octet size argument. Messages larger than this size
will not be fetched, not be marked seen, and will be left on the
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ phone rates. In daemon mode, oversize notifications are mailed to the
calling user (see the --warnings option). This option does not work
with ETRN.
.TP
-.B \-w, --warnings <interval>
+.B \-w <interval>, --warnings <interval>
(Keyword: warnings)
Takes an interval in seconds. When you call
.I fetchmail
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ the oversized message is detected. Thereafter, renotification is
suppressed until after the warning interval elapses (it will take
place at the end of the first following poll).
.TP
-.B -b, --batchlimit <count>
+.B -b <count>, --batchlimit <count>
(Keyword: batchlimit)
Specify the maximum number of messages that will be shipped to an SMTP
listener before the connection is deliberately torn down and rebuilt
@@ -364,14 +364,14 @@ is processing very large batches. Setting the batch limit to some
nonzero size will prevent these delays.
This option does not work with ETRN.
.TP
-.B -B, --fetchlimit <number>
+.B -B <number>, --fetchlimit <number>
(Keyword: fetchlimit)
Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single
poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit --fetchlimit of 0
overrides any limits set in your run control file.
This option does not work with ETRN.
.TP
-.B -e, --expunge <count>
+.B -e <count>, --expunge <count>
(keyword: expunge)
Arrange for deletions to be made final after a given number of
messages. Under POP2 or POP3, fetchmail cannot make deletions final
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ fetchmail runs with the effective GID set to that of the kmem group
.I only
when interface data is being collected.
.TP
-.B \-A, --preauth <type>
+.B --preauth <type>
(Keyword: preauth[enticate])
This option permits you to specify a preauthentication type (see USER
AUTHENTICATION below for details). The possible values are
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ mail headers and want to know they can prevent it, but it is generally
not a good idea to actually turn off rewrite.)
When using ETRN, the rewrite option is ineffective.
.TP
-.B -E, --envelope <line>
+.B -E <line>, --envelope <line>
(Keyword: envelope)
This option changes the header
.I fetchmail
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ Received lines. This is the default, and it should not be necessary
unless you have globally disabled Received parsing with `no envelope'
in the \fI.fetchmailrc\fR file.
.TP
-.B -Q, --qvirtual <prefix>
+.B -Q <prefix>, --qvirtual <prefix>
(Keyword: qvirtual)
The string prefix assigned to this option will be removed from the user
name found in the header specified with the \fIenvelope\fR option
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ effect is to kill any running daemon before doing what the other
options specify in combination with the rc file.
.PP
The
-.B -L
+.B -L <filename>
or
.B --logfile <filename>
option (keyword: set logfile) allows you to redirect status messages