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.B \-\-showdots
option (keyword: set showdots) forces fetchmail to show progress dots
even if the current tty is not stdout (for example logfiles).
-Starting with fetchmail version 5.3.0,
-progress dots are only shown on stdout by default.
+Fetchmail shows the dots by default when run in nodetach mode or when
+daemon mode is not enabled.
.PP
By specifying the
.B \-\-tracepolls