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@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ Legal user options are
username (or user)
is
+ to
password (or pass)
remotefolder (or remote)
smtphost (or smtp)
@@ -399,14 +400,15 @@ Legal user options are
norewrite
.PP
All options correspond to the obvious command-line arguments except
-three: \fBis\fR, \fBpassword\fR and \fBskip\fR.
-.PP
-The \fBis\fR keyword associates a following local username with the
-mailserver user name in the entry. It is intended to be used in
-configurations where \fIfetchmail\fR runs as root and retrieves
-mail for multiple local users. If no \fBis\fR clause is present,
-the default local username is the same as the argument of the
-\fBuser\fR keyword.
+four: \fBis\fR, \fBto\fR, \fBpassword\fR and \fBskip\fR.
+.PP
+The \fBis\fR or \fIto\fR keywords associate a following local
+username with the mailserver user name in the entry. They are intended
+to be used in configurations where \fIfetchmail\fR runs as root and
+retrieves mail for multiple local users. If no \fBis\fR or \fIto\fR
+clause is present, the default local username is the calling user,
+unless the calling user is root in which case it is the remote user
+name of the current entry.
.PP
The \fBpassword\fR option requires a string argument, which is the password
to be used with the entry's server.