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diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man index c627fdce..5b794fb5 100644 --- a/fetchmail.man +++ b/fetchmail.man @@ -245,6 +245,24 @@ Limit the number of messages accepted from a given server in a single poll. By default there is no limit. An explicit --fetchlimit of 0 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, +.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 +connection to the server is flaky and expensive, as it avoids +resending duplicate mail after a line hit. However, on large +mailboxes the overhead of re-indexing after every message can slam the +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. .SS Authentication Options .TP .B \-u name, --username name @@ -817,6 +835,9 @@ T} fetchlimit -B T{ Max # messages to forward in single connect T} +expunge -e T{ +Perform an expunge on every #th message (IMAP only) +T} syslog \& T{ Do error logging through syslog(3). T} |