From 327072cccc001d08b558021ece6065006d04dc5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 07:52:09 +0000 Subject: Translation upgrades. svn path=/trunk/; revision=2707 --- NEWS | 2 ++ fetchmail-FAQ.html | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 45480e54..838e0cdc 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ package will have two security verifications instead of one... (The `lines' figures total .c, .h, .l, and .y files under version control.) +* Fix bug introduced in 5.2.2 that stopped --syslog from working. * Javier Kohen's update for es.po. +* Guy Brand's update for fr.po. fetchmail-5.2.3 (Tue Jan 4 01:56:11 EST 2000), 18421 lines: * Ken Estes's patch to check for unreachable UIDL file due to bad NFS mount. diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 0bb1819d..84c1ce95 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/12/23 18:21:37 $ +$Date: 2000/01/09 07:52:09 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ IP address?
C2. How can I arrange for a fetchmail daemon to get killed when I log out?
C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?
C4. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam features?
+C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less often than others?

How to make fetchmail play nice with various MTAs:

@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ a line hit while downloading?
O6. I'm seeing long sendmail delays or hangs near the start of each poll cycle.
O7. Why doesn't fetchmail deliver mail in date-sorted order?
O8. I'm using pppd. Why isn't my monitor option working?
+O9. Why does fetchmail keep retrieving the same messages +over and over?

Answers:

@@ -965,6 +968,25 @@ Under no circumstances put your mailhost or any host you accept mail from using fetchmail into your reject file. You will lose mail if you do this!!!

+

+

C5. How can I poll some of my mailboxes more/less +often than others?

+ +Use the interval keyword on the ones that should be +checked less often. For example, if you do a poll every 5 minutes, +and want to poll some mailboxes every 5 minutes and some every 30 +minutes, use something like this:

+ +

+poll mainsite.example.com  proto pop3 user ....
+poll secondary.example.com proto pop3 interval 6 user ...
+
+ +Then secondary.example.com will be polled every 6th time that +mainsite.example.com is polled, which with a polling interval of every +5 minutes means that secondary.example.com will be polled every 30 +minutes.

+

T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

@@ -2510,11 +2532,26 @@ relies upon, triggering fetchmail into polling after its own delay interval and thus preventing the pppd link from ever reaching its inactivity timeout.

+

+

O9. Why does fetchmail keep retrieving the same messages +over and over?

+ +First, check to see that you haven't enabled the keep +and fetchall option. If you have, turn keep off.

+ +This can also happen when some other mail client is logged in to your +mail server, if it uses a simple exclusive-locking scheme (and many, +especially most POP3 servers, do exactly that). Your fetchmail is +able to retrieve the messages, but because the mailbox is write-locked +by the other instance yours can neither mark messages seen or delete them. +The solution is to either (a) wait for the other client to finish, or (b) +terminate it.

+

Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1999/12/23 18:21:37 $ +$Date: 2000/01/09 07:52:09 $

Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
-- cgit v1.2.3