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@@ -699,6 +699,15 @@ to be written to standard output. Note that fetchmail's
reconstruction of MAIL FROM and RCPT TO lines is not guaranteed
correct; the caveats discussed under THE USE AND ABUSE OF MULTIDROP
MAILBOXES below apply.
+.TP
+.B \-\-bad\-header {reject|pass}
+(Keyword: bad\-header; since v6.3.15)
+.br
+Specify how fetchmail is supposed to treat messages with bad headers,
+i. e. headers with bad syntax. Traditionally, fetchmail has rejected such
+messages, but some distributors modified fetchmail to pass them. You can now
+configure fetchmail's behaviour per server.
+
.SS Resource Limit Control Options
.TP
.B \-l <maxbytes> | \-\-limit <maxbytes>
@@ -1749,6 +1758,9 @@ T}
esmtppassword \& \& T{
Set password for RFC2554 authentication to the ESMTP server.
T}
+bad-header \& \& T{
+How to treat messages with a bad header. Can be reject (default) or pass.
+T}
.TE
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