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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index 50e215c5..601e9511 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -365,8 +365,14 @@ overrides any limits set in your run control file. This option does not work with ETRN. .TP .B -e, --expunge -(keyword: expunge) -When talking to an IMAP server, +(keyword: expunge) +Arrange for deletions to be made final after a given number of +messages. Under POP2 or POP3, fetchmail cannot make deletions final +without sending QUIT and ending the session -- with this option on, +fetchmail will break a long mail retrieval session into multiple +subsessions, sending QUIT after each sub-session. This is a good +defense against line drops on POP3 servers that do not do the +equivalent of a QUIT on hangup. Under IMAP, .I fetchmail normally issues an EXPUNGE command after each deletion in order to force the deletion to be done immediately. This is safest when your @@ -377,10 +383,9 @@ server pretty hard, so if your connection is reliable it is good to do expunges less frequently. If you specify this option to an integer N, it tells .I fetchmail -to only issue expunges on every Nth delete. An argument -of zero suppresses expunges entirely (so no expunges at all will be -done until the end of run). -This option does not work with ETRN, POP2, or POP3. +to only issue expunges on every Nth delete. An argument of zero +suppresses expunges entirely (so no expunges at all will be done until +the end of run). This option does not work with ETRN. .SS Authentication Options .TP .B \-u name, --username name |