From 628d8c1e54833d0dddde62bb01185a828891fb9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:41:10 +0000 Subject: Added material on how to force Delivered-To header in sendmail. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1881 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index cc189516..d260b308 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/06/03 06:11:26 $ +$Date: 1998/06/03 15:41:10 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -979,6 +979,21 @@ address in the MAIL FROM line. These sendmails think this means they're seeing the result of a mail loop and suppress the mail. You may be able to work around this by running in --invisible mode.

+If you want to support multidrop mode, and you can get access to your +mailserver's sendmail.cf file, it's a good idea to add this rule:

+ +

+H?l?Delivered-To: $u
+
+ +and declare `envelope "Delivered-To:"'. This will cause the +mailserver's sendmail to reliably write the appropriate envelope +address into each message before fetchmail sees it, and tell fetchmail +which header it is. With this change, multidrop mode should work +reliably even when the Received header omits the envelope address +(which will typically be the case when the message has multiple +recipients).

+

T2. How can I use fetchmail with qmail?

@@ -1160,10 +1175,11 @@ your pass-phrase in Unicode!

T9. How can I use fetchmail with usa.net's servers?

-Enable `fetchall'. A user reports that the 2.2 version of USA.NET's -POP server reports that you must use the `fetchall' option to make -sure that all of the mail is retrieved, otherwise some may be left on -the server. This is almost certainly a server bug.

+Enable `fetchall'. A user reports that the 2.2 version +of USA.NET's POP server reports that you must use the +`fetchall' option to make sure that all of the mail is +retrieved, otherwise some may be left on the server. This is almost +certainly a server bug.

T10. How can I use fetchmail with HP OpenMail?

@@ -1426,7 +1442,8 @@ and see R1.

One POP3 daemon used in the Berkeley Unix world that reports itself as POP3 version 1.004 actually throws the queue away. 1.005 fixed that. -If you're running this one, upgrade immediately.

+If you're running this one, upgrade immediately. (It also truncates +long lines at column 1024)

Many POP servers, if an interruption occurs, will restore the whole mail queue after about 10 minutes. Others will restore it right @@ -1925,7 +1942,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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