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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 18875817..92218dc3 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ or respond to commands for the given number of seconds, \fIfetchmail\fR might hang up indefinitely trying to fetch mail from a down host. This would be particularly annoying for a \fIfetchmail\fR running in background. There is a default timeout which fetchmail -V -will report. +will report. If a given connection receives too many timeouts in +succession, fetchmail will consider it wedged and stop retrying, +the calkling user will be notified by email if this happens. .TP .B \--plugin (Keyword: plugin) @@ -670,7 +672,9 @@ makes a per-user lockfile to guarantee this. Normally, calling fetchmail with a daemon in the background sends a wakeup signal to the daemon, forcing it to poll mailservers immediately. (The wakeup signal is SIGHUP if fetchmail is running as -root, SIGUSR1 otherwise.) +root, SIGUSR1 otherwise.) The wakeup action also clears any `wedged' +flags indicating that connections have wedged due to failed +authentication or multiple timeouts. .PP The option .B --quit |