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Diffstat (limited to 'sample.rcfile')
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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/sample.rcfile b/sample.rcfile index f1e72a44..5ade67b2 100644 --- a/sample.rcfile +++ b/sample.rcfile @@ -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; |