From 4d1a9910f0cf6c09d921825813a2b6d9e4e04dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 21:36:07 +0000 Subject: Updated documentation. svn path=/trunk/; revision=151 --- INSTALL | 10 +++++----- README | 22 ++++++++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 070531f9..8e8c07b2 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Lastly, become root and run make install This will install fetchmail. By default, fetchmail will be installed -in /usr/local/bin, with the man page in /usr/local/man/man1, and the -GNU info file in /usr/local/info. If you wish to change these defaults, -edit the Makefile AFTER you run "configure" but BEFORE you run -"make install." You can easily choose a prefix other than /usr/local, -or you can choose completely different directories for each item. +in /usr/local/bin, with the man page in /usr/local/man/man1. If you +wish to change these defaults, edit the Makefile AFTER you run +"configure" but BEFORE you run "make install." You can easily choose +a prefix other than /usr/local, or you can choose completely different +directories for each item. See the man page or the file sample.rcfile for a description of how to configure your individual preferences. diff --git a/README b/README index 00e731fe..db092aa6 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ README for fetchmail -fetchmail is a full-featured, robust, well-documented POP2, POP3, APOP, -and IMAP client originally developed (under the name popclient) by Carl -Harris and now maintained by Eric S. Raymond -. - -fetchmail was developed under Linux and should be readily portable to other -UNIX systems (it uses GNU autoconf). It has also been ported to QNX; to build -under QNX, see the header comments in the Makefile. +fetchmail is a full-featured, robust, well-documented POP2, POP3, APOP, and +IMAP batch mail retrieval utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP +links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It retrieves mail from remote +mail servers and forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery +system, where it can then be be read by normal mail user agents such as +elm(1) or Mail(1). + +The fetchmail program was originally developed (under the name popclient) by +Carl Harris and now maintained by Eric S. Raymond +. See the file NEWS for a version history. + +The fetchmail code was developed under Linux and should be readily portable +to other UNIX systems (it uses GNU autoconf). It has also been ported to +QNX; to build under QNX, see the header comments in the Makefile. You can find the latest version of fetchmail from Eric's home page -- cgit v1.2.3