From 590d575e53ec9818122c124d5765b6343765776a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 16:42:56 +0000
Subject: Note about mixing server and user options.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=1243
---
 fetchmail.man | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fetchmail.man b/fetchmail.man
index 957f54d9..46d487bc 100644
--- a/fetchmail.man
+++ b/fetchmail.man
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ delimiters in strings.
 .PP
 Each server entry consists of one of the keywords `poll' or `skip',
 followed by a server name, followed by server options, followed by any
-number of user descriptions.
+number of user descriptions.  Note: the most common cause of syntax
+errors is mixing up user and server options.
 .PP
 For backward compatibility, the word `server' is a synonym for `poll'.
 .PP
@@ -818,6 +819,8 @@ syslog  	\&	T{
 Do error logging through syslog(3).
 T}
 .TE
+.PP
+Remember that all user options must \fIfollow\fR all server options.
 .SS Keywords Not Corresponding To Option Switches
 .PP
 The `folder' and `smtphost' options (unlike their command-line
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