From 226ae2d22f9aa819e67fd24581d7ff6d31076769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:49:40 +0000
Subject: Fix minor inaccuracies and update. One deserves mention: RFC-1893
does not specify SMTP reply codes ("571" is bogus!), but extended status
codes (550 #5.7.1).
svn path=/trunk/; revision=4118
---
fetchmail.man | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 8726bdbb..876e8424 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -88,24 +88,19 @@ therefore work automatically.
.PP
If no port 25 listener is available, but your fetchmail configuration
was told about a reliable local MDA, it will use that MDA for local
-delivery instead. At build time, fetchmail normally looks for
-executable
-.IR procmail (1)
-and
-.IR sendmail (1)
-binaries.
+delivery instead.
.PP
If the program
.I fetchmailconf
is available, it will assist you in setting up and editing a
-fetchmailrc configuration. It runs under X and requires that the
-language Python and the Tk toolkit be present on your system. If
-you are first setting up fetchmail for single-user mode, it is
-recommended that you use Novice mode. Expert mode provides
-complete control of fetchmail configuration, including the
-multidrop features. In either case, the `Autoprobe' button
-will tell you the most capable protocol a given mailserver
-supports, and warn you of potential problems with that server.
+fetchmailrc configuration. It runs under the X window system and
+requires that the language Python and the Tk toolkit be present on your
+system. If you are first setting up fetchmail for single-user mode, it
+is recommended that you use Novice mode. Expert mode provides complete
+control of fetchmail configuration, including the multidrop features.
+In either case, the `Autoprobe' button will tell you the most capable
+protocol a given mailserver supports, and warn you of potential problems
+with that server.
.SH GENERAL OPERATION
The behavior of
@@ -256,7 +251,7 @@ a static DNS.
(Keyword: uidl)
Force UIDL use (effective only with POP3). Force client-side tracking
of `newness' of messages (UIDL stands for ``unique ID listing'' and is
-described in RFC1725). Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby
+described in RFC1939). Use with `keep' to use a mailbox as a baby
news drop for a group of users. The fact that seen messages are skipped
is logged, unless error logging is done through syslog while running in
daemon mode.
@@ -1006,8 +1001,13 @@ option was used.
The
.B \-N
or --nodetach option suppresses backgrounding and detachment of the
-daemon process from its control terminal. This is primarily useful
-for debugging. Note that this also causes the logfile option to be
+daemon process from its control terminal. This is useful
+for debugging or when fetchmail runs as the child of a supervisor
+process such as
+.IR init (8)
+or Gerrit Pape's
+.I runit.
+Note that this also causes the logfile option to be
ignored (though perhaps it shouldn't).
.PP
Note that while running in daemon mode polling a POP2 or IMAP2bis server,
@@ -1153,8 +1153,7 @@ triggers this feature will elicit an SMTP response which
.PP
Newer versions of
.I sendmail
-return an error code of 571. This return value
-is blessed by RFC1893 as "Delivery not authorized, message refused".
+return an error code of 571.
.PP
According to RFC2821, the correct thing to return in this situation is
550 "Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable" (the draft adds
@@ -1169,7 +1168,7 @@ The
.I postfix
MTA runs 554 as an antispam response.
.PP
-.I Zmailer
+.I Zmailer
may reject code with a 500 response (followed by an enhanced status
code that contains more information).
.PP
@@ -2168,7 +2167,7 @@ default run control file
.TP 5
~/.fetchids
default location of file associating hosts with last message IDs seen
-(used only with newer RFC1725-compliant POP3 servers supporting the
+(used only with newer RFC1939-compliant POP3 servers supporting the
UIDL command).
.TP 5
~/.fetchmail.pid
@@ -2278,7 +2277,7 @@ with the plugin option.
The `principal' option only handles Kerberos IV, not V.
.PP
Send comments, bug reports, gripes, and the like to the
-fetchmail-friends list <fetchmail-friends@lists.ccil.org>. An HTML FAQ is
+fetchmail-devel list <fetchmail-devel@lists.berlios.de>. An HTML FAQ is
available at the fetchmail home page; surf to
http://fetchmail.berlios.de/ or do a WWW search for pages with
`fetchmail' in their titles.
@@ -2342,5 +2341,5 @@ RFC 2033.
GSSAPI:
RFC 1508.
.TP 5
-TLS
+TLS:
RFC 2595.
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