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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 18ebe139..ad6ab70f 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -1410,16 +1410,13 @@ the following: `via', `interval', `aka', `is', `to', `dns'/`no dns', `dropdelivered/no dropdelivered', `mimedecode/no mimedecode', `idle/no idle', and `no envelope'. .PP -The `via' option is for use with ssh, or if you want to have more +The `via' option is for if you want to have more than one configuration pointing at the same site. If it is present, the string argument will be taken as the actual DNS name of the mailserver host to query. This will override the argument of poll, which can then simply be a distinct label for the configuration (e.g. what you would give on the command line to explicitly query this host). -If the `via' name is `localhost', the poll name will also still be -used as a possible match in multidrop mode; otherwise the `via' name -will be used instead and the poll name will be purely a label. .PP The `interval' option (which takes a numeric argument) allows you to poll a server less frequently than the basic poll interval. If you say |