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@@ -19,18 +19,19 @@
# arguments in this file, the command-line arguments take precedence.
#
# Legal keywords are
-# server
-# protocol (or proto) -- nuat be followed by a protocol ID
-# port
-# authenticate (or auth) -- must be followed by an authentication type
-# timeout
+# poll -- must be followed by a mailserver name
+# skip -- must be followed by a mailserver name
+# protocol (or proto) -- must be followed by a protocol ID
+# port -- must be followed by a TCP/IP port number
+# authenticate (or auth) -- must be followed by an authentication type
+# timeout -- must be followed by a numeric timeout value
#
-# username (or user)
-# is
-# remotefolder (or remote)
-# password (or pass)
-# smtphost (or smtp)
-# mda
+# username (or user) -- must be followed by a name
+# is -- must be followed by one or more names
+# remotefolder (or remote) -- must be followed by a filename
+# password (or pass) -- must be followed by a password string
+# smtphost (or smtp) -- must be followed by a host name
+# mda -- must be followed by an MDA command string
# keep
# flush
# fetchall
@@ -51,23 +52,25 @@
# login
# kerberos
#
-# Basic format is
-# poll SERVERNAME protocol PROTOCOL username NAME password PASSWORD
-# Example:
+# The noise keywords `and', `with', `has', `wants', and `options' are ignored
+# anywhere in an entry; they can be used to make it resemble English. The
+# punctuation charactes `,' `:' `;' are also ignored.
#
-poll pop.provider.net protocol pop3 username jsmith password secret1
+# The run control file format is fully described (with more examples) on the
+# fetchmail manual page.
+#
+# This is what the developer's .fetchmailrc looks like:
-# Or, using some abbreviations:
-#
-poll pop.provider.net proto pop3 user jsmith password secret1
+defaults password not_blowing_my_cover;
-# Multiple servers may be listed
-#
-poll pop.provider.net proto pop3 user jsmith password secret1
-poll other.provider.net proto pop2 user John.Smith password My^Hat
+# Use this for production
+poll locke.ccil.org with protocol APOP:
+ user esr there with password my_apop_secret is esr here;
+
+# Use this to test IMAP
+skip locke protocol IMAP:
+ user esr here is esr there;
-# Other possibilities
-poll pop.provider.net
- proto pop3
- user jsmith
- pass secret1
+# Use this to test against POP2 using a local server
+skip localhost protocol pop2:
+ user esr here is esr there;