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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index faceea15..48bbdf30 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -528,24 +528,37 @@ option --daemon 0 or -d0. .PP Only one daemon process is permitted per user; in daemon mode, .I fetchmail -makes a per-user lockfile to guarantee this. The option +makes a per-user lockfile to guarantee this. +.PP +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.) +.PP +The option .B --quit -will kill a running daemon process. Otherwise, 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.) +will kill a running daemon process instead of waking it up (if there +is no such option, +.I fetchmail +notifies you). If the --quit option is the only command-line option, +that's all there is to it. +.PP +The quit option may also be mixed with other command-line options; its +effect is to kill any running daemon before doing what the other +options specify in combination with the rc file. .PP The .B -t or .B --timeout -option (keyword: timeout)allows you to set a server-nonresponse +option (keyword: timeout) allows you to set a server-nonresponse timeout in seconds. If a mailserver does not send a greeting message or respond to commands for the given number of seconds, \fIfetchmail\fR will hang up on it. Without such a timeout \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. +running in background. There is a default timeout which fetchmail -V +will report. .PP The .B -L |