From 700ed2f82bf36bca8cd64ae83665c09ad03efad9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 01:01:14 +0000 Subject: *** empty log message *** svn path=/trunk/; revision=1771 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 3407717b..c8ebb506 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/05/13 06:36:21 $ +$Date: 1998/05/14 01:01:14 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ IP address?
C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?
C4. How can I get fetchmail to work with ssh?
C5. How can I set up support for sendmail's anti-spam 571 response?
-C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail -when I may have multiple login sessions going?

How to make fetchmail play nice with other software:

@@ -396,7 +394,7 @@ ftp://ftp.ipv6.inner.net/pub/opie/patches (IPv6).

These patches use a SASL authentication method named "X-OTP" because there is not currently a standard way to do this; fetchmail also uses this method, so the two will interoperate happily. They better, because this is how Craig gets -his mail ;)

+his mail ;-)

(One important win of OTP is that it's not subject to ITAR restrictions.)

@@ -416,7 +414,7 @@ machine had when it started up.

Since the new IP address (looked up at RCPT TO interpretation time) doesn't match the original, the most benign possible result is that your MTA thinks it's seeing a relaying attempt and refuses. More -frequently, fetchmail will try to connect top a nonexistent host +frequently, fetchmail will try to connect to a nonexistent host address and time out. Worst case, you could up forwarding your mail to the wrong machine!

@@ -476,7 +474,9 @@ href="#T10">T10

In the immortal words of Alan Cox the last time this came up: ``Take the Solaris lex and stick it up the backside of a passing Sun -salesman, then install flex and use that. All will be happier.''

+salesman, then install flex and use that. All +will be happier.''

I couldn't have put it better myself, and aren't going to try now.

@@ -712,17 +712,20 @@ more complicated or both.

C2. How can I arrange for a fetchmail daemon to get killed when I log out?

-Fetchmail versions before 2.3 actually used SIGHUP as a wakeup signal. -Newer versions use SIGUSR1 for wakeup (and SIGHUP only in -background-daemon mode) in order to avoid any potential confusion -about logout-time behavior. The right way to dispatch fetchmail on -logout is to arrange for the command `fetchmail -q' to be called on -logout.

- -Under bash, you can arrange this by putting `fetchmail -q' in the file +The easiest way to dispatch fetchmail on logout (which will work +reliably onlif you have just one login going at any time) is to +arrange for the command `fetchmail -q' to be called on logout. Under +bash, you can arrange this by putting `fetchmail -q' in the file `~/.bash_logout'. Most csh variants execute `~/.logout' on logout. For other shells, consult your shell manual page.

+Automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail is a little harder to arrange +if you may have multiple login sessions going. In the contrib +subdirectory of the fetchmail distribution there is some shell code +you can add to your .bash_login and .bash_logout profiles that will +accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere <babydr@nwrain.net> for +it.

+

C3. How do I know what interface and address to use with --interface?

@@ -958,15 +961,6 @@ The only thing that is missing, as mentioned previously, is the ability to allow sendmail to process the message further and generate an error message to the sender.

-

-

C6. How can I do automatic startup/shutdown of fetchmail -when I may have multiple login sessions going?

- -In the contrib subdirectory of the fetchmail distribution there is -some shell code you can add to your .bash_login and .bash_logout -profiles that will accomplish this. Thank James Laferriere -<babydr@nwrain.net> for it.

-

T1. How can I use fetchmail with sendmail?

@@ -1136,7 +1130,7 @@ problem unless the actual size of the message is above the listener's configured length limit).

If you want these fixed, go bug the Evil Empire. Or, better yet, -install a real operating system on your server and run IMAP.

+install a real operating system on your mailserver and run IMAP.

T8. How can I use fetchmail with CompuServe RPA?

@@ -1170,7 +1164,7 @@ bytes. It also has a nasty habit of discarding headers it doesn't recognize, such as X- and Resent- headers.

As with M$ Exchange, the only real fix for these problems is to get a -POP server that isn't brain-dead.

+POP (or preferably IMAP) server that isn't brain-dead.

T10. How can I use fetchmail with SOCKS?

@@ -1916,7 +1910,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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