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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 50c947fd..e5b74ff2 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Every mode except ETRN requires authentication of the client. Normal user authentication in .I fetchmail is very much like the authentication mechanism of -.I ftp(1). +.IR ftp (1). The correct user-id and password depend upon the underlying security system at the mailserver. .PP @@ -912,6 +912,9 @@ T} dropstatus \& T{ Strip Status and X-Mozilla-Status lines out of incoming mail T} +mimedecode \& T{ +Convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages (default) +T} no keep -K T{ Delete seen messages from server (default) T} @@ -936,6 +939,9 @@ T} no dropstatus \& T{ Don't drop Status headers (default) T} +no mimedecode \& T{ +Don't convert quoted-printable to 8-bit in MIME messages +T} limit -l T{ Set message size limit T} @@ -971,7 +977,8 @@ All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments, except the following: `via', `interval', `aka', `is', `to', `dns'/`no dns', \&`password', \&`preconnect', \&`postconnect', `localdomains', \&`stripcr'/`no stripcr', \&`forcecr'/`no forcecr', `pass8bits'/`no -pass8bits' `dropstatus/no dropstatus', and `no envelope'. +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, @@ -1095,6 +1102,15 @@ confuse some new-mail notifiers, which assume that anything with a Status line in it has been seen. (Note: the empty Status lines inserted by some buggy POP servers are unconditionally discarded.) .PP +The `mimedecode' option controls whether MIME messages using the +quoted-printable encoding are automatically converted into pure +8-bit data. If you are delivering mail to an ESMTP-capable, +8-bit-clean listener (that includes all of the major programs +like sendmail), then this will automatically convert quoted-printable +message headers and data into 8-bit data, making it easier to +understand when reading mail. If your e-mail programs know how to +deal with MIME messages, then this option is not needed. +.PP .SS Miscellaneous Run Control Options The words `here' and `there' have useful English-like significance. Normally `user eric is esr' would mean that @@ -1524,9 +1540,9 @@ in foreground while a background fetchmail is running will do whichever of these is appropriate to wake it up. .SH BUGS AND KNOWN PROBLEMS -The RFC822 parser used in multidrop mode chokes on some @-addresses that -are technically legal but bizarre. Strange uses of quoting and -embedded comments are likely to confuse it. +The RFC822 address parser used in multidrop mode chokes on some +@-addresses that are technically legal but bizarre. Strange uses of +quoting and embedded comments are likely to confuse it. .PP Use of any of the supported protocols other than POP3 with OTP or RPA, APOP, KPOP, IMAP-K4, IMAP-GSS, or ETRN requires that the program send unencrypted |